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53T6

USSR anti-ballistic missile

Field	Value
is_missile	mmks
name	53T6 (ABM-3 Gazelle)
image	ABM Pushkino.jpg
origin	Soviet Union
type	Anti-ballistic missile
service	Since 1995
used_by	Russia
wars	Cold War
designer	NPO Novator Design Bureau
design_date	1978
production_date	1988
number	68
variants	A modernized variant is in service as of July 2018
weight	10,000 kg (22,000 lbs)
length	12 m
diameter	1.8 m
speed	No verified data
engine	2-stage solid fuel
vehicle_range	80–100 km
ceiling	80–100 km
filling	nuclear 10 kt
launch_platform	silo

The 53T6 (NATO reporting name: ABM-3 Gazelle, previously SH-08) is a USSR anti-ballistic missile. Designed in 1978 and in service since 1995, it is a component of the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system.

The missile is able to intercept incoming re-entry vehicles at a distance of 80 km. The 53T6 is a two-stage solid-propellant rocket armed with a 10 kt thermonuclear weapon. The missile is about 10 meters in length and 1.8 meters in diameter. Its launch weight is 10 tons.

The 53T6 missile is kept in a silo-based launch container. Prior to launch its cover is blown off.

Radar support

The Gazelle missile system is supported by the Don-2N Pill Box radar.

References

"PRS-1/53T6 antimissile missile complex and A-135/RTTS-181 Cupid / 5ZH60". Tonnel-ufo.ru.
O'Connor, Sean. (12 December 2009). "Russian/Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems".
(8 September 2010). "Отечественная военная техника (после 1945г.) - Статьи - Система А-135 ракета 53Т6 - ABM-3 GAZELLE / SH-08".
"A-135 SAMOLET (SH-08/ABM-3 GAZELLE)".
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53t6. (25 September 2007). "Anti-ballistic missile 53T6 Gazelle Test mission Launch".
[http://www.missilethreat.com/missiledefensesystems/id.22/system_detail.asp Gazelle (SH-08/ABM-3)] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-08-09 .)
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