Luna tactical nuclear rocket
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A Soviet short-range tactical nuclear rocket system, NATO reporting name FROG. The 2K6 Luna entered service in 1960 as a solid-fuel, unguided, spin-stabilized rocket; the nuclear-armed 3R10 variant carried a variable-yield warhead of 3–20 kilotons with a 32 km range. During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev's 'Pitsunda decision' of September 7 added 12 Luna warheads to Operation Anadyr; the system was widely exported to Warsaw Pact states and the Middle East for divisional artillery support.
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- Wikipedia (EN) primary article: GRAU designation 2K6, NATO FROG-3/FROG-5, solid-fuel unguided spin-stabilized rocket, entered service 1960, nuclear 3R10 with 400 kg warhead 3N14, range 10–32.1 km, Cuban Missile Crisis: 36 missiles (12 nuclear, 24 conventional) on 6 launchers, phased out by 1982
- Wikipedia (RU) Russian article: принят на вооружение в 1960 году, главный конструктор Н. П. Мазуров, дальность 32 км (3Р10) и 45 км (3Р9), КВО до 1 км, шасси ПТ-76, во время Карибского кризиса 1962 года на Кубе находилось 12 ракетных комплексов «Луна»
- nsarchive2.gwu.edu National Security Archive: September 7 'Pitsunda decision' – Khrushchev augmented Operation Anadyr by adding 12 short-range nuclear missiles for the dual-use system Luna/Frog; Indigirka arrived October 4 with 12 warheads for Lunas; all tactical warheads left Cuba on Arkhangelsk December 1, 1962