![]() ![]() Kub downed its first-ever air target on February 18, 1963, during the state trials at Donguz test site, Orenburg Oblast. ![]() Before 1963 only 11 of 83 missiles fired had the seeker head installed only 3 launches were successful. In August 1961 Toropov was replaced by Lyapin as the Chief Designer of Vympel and in January 1962 Tikhomirov was replaced by Figurovskiy as the Chief Designer of NIIP. low quality of heat shield inside the afterburner chamber (titanium was replaced by steel). ![]()
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