FROG-7a 9K21 FROG-7b 9K52 Luna mobile short-range ballistic missile The Frog-7 (Russian name: 9K52 Luna-M ) is a Russian short-range ballistic missile complex. Luna-M missiles are unguided and spin-stabilized. "9K52" is its GRAU designation. There are two variants, the FROG-7A which was first introduced in 1965 as a replacement for earlier FROG variants, some of which had been in service since the mid-1950s. The FROG-7b was introduced in 1968 is based on the R-70 or Luna-Z rocket with a longer warhead section increasing overall length from 8.96 m to 9.4 m. This was fitted with a pair of air brakes that could be locked open to reduce rocket's range. The accuracy of this rocket was less than of the FROG-7a, who figure is 400 - 600 m, and thus did not enter major service. The FROG-7 was replaced by the SS-21 tactical ballistic missile which has greater range (120 km) as well as probable improvements in reaction time, missile reliability, accuracy, and handling characteristics.
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