On 04 March 1961 an R-12 ballistic missile fitted with a mockup
in the form of a 500-kg steel plate, simulating a standard
warhead, was launched from the State proving ground at station
Sary-Shagan. The target was detected by proving ground radars at
a range of 1,500 km and destroyed by a V-1000 antimissile
missile, outfitted with a high-explosive-payload. In 1963 the
Griffon [NATO reporting name] interceptor was paraded in Red
Square, and characterized as an ABM interceptor. The Griffon was
a two-stage liquid fueled interceptor that was 16.5 meters long
with a range of over 250 kilometers. Construction of the RZ-25
ABM system, which employed the V-1000 interceptor, was first
detected in the early 1960's near the Estonian capital Tallinn.
However this construction soon ceased. A highly modified version
of the Griffon, the Gammon, was subsequently developed. |Russian
missile designation:||V-1000| |Russian system
designation:||RZ-25| |DIA temporary code:||?| |DIA code:||SA-5
(later reused for the SA-5 Gammon)|