Talk:R-16

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The article claims that R-16 to be the first ICBM. Well, maybe it was the first ICBM that was used in large scale. The R-7 seems to be the first ICBM that proved that it worked.

The article claims that R-16 was inferior to American missiles. No citation or comparison data is given. Considering that R-16 became operational in 1961, that R-7 flew in 1957, and that R-7 was the first ICBM ever, I don't know what American missiles R-16 is compared to. 4 years before R-16 flew Americans did not have ICBMs at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikus (talk • contribs) 22:03, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

The Atlas missile, built by Convair Division of General Dynamics, was tested in 1957. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(missile). My father was a telemetry design engineer on that project. User:Windofkeltia 15:00, 24 October 2007 (UTC)