ABM-1 Galosh

The A-350 GRAU 5V61[4] (NATO reporting name ABM-1 Galosh,[5] formerly SH-01) was a Soviet, nuclear armed surface-to-air anti-ballistic missile.

[7] Its primary mission was to destroy U.S. Minuteman and Titan intercontinental ballistic missiles targeting Moscow.

The A-350R (NATO reporting name ABM-1B) was introduced with the advanced A-35M missile system and became operational during 1978.

The construction of the A-35 system began during 1962 with 16 primary sites including command post, radar installations and firing complexes for 8–16 missile launchers.

This system is comparable to the US's PAVE PAWS radars of the Sentinel and Safeguard ABM programs.

The system finalized at 8 sites with total of 64 launchers, with 4 major radar centers completed.

One primary upgrade was in the Dunay-3U radar systems enhanced with a dedicated sector search functionality.

A-350 launcher
Declassified UK Ministry of Defence drawing created from Red Square May Day photographs and other intelligence sources.
Intelligence photographs from a declassified UK Ministry of Defence folder of a A-350 in the Red Square May Day Parade 1964.
UK Ministry of Defence data reproduced from a declassified folder in the National Archives, London.