▁larger ▁miss ile , ▁the ▁F ak el ▁ 5 V 6 1 ▁( known ▁in ▁the ▁west ▁as ▁Gal osh ), ▁was ▁developed ▁to ▁carry ▁the ▁larger ▁war head ▁and ▁carry ▁it ▁much ▁further ▁from ▁the ▁launch ▁site . ▁Further ▁development ▁continued , ▁and ▁the ▁A - 3 5 ▁anti - ball istic ▁miss ile ▁system , ▁designed ▁to ▁protect ▁Moscow , ▁became ▁oper ational ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁A - 3 5 ▁was ▁designed ▁for ▁ex o at mos pher ic ▁inter ception s , ▁and ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁highly ▁sus cept ible ▁to ▁a ▁well - arr anged ▁attack ▁using ▁multiple ▁war head s ▁and ▁rad ar ▁black - out ▁techniques . ▁ ▁A - 3 5 ▁was ▁upgrad ed ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁to ▁a ▁two - layer ▁system , ▁the ▁A - 1 3 5 . ▁The ▁G org on ▁( SH - 1 1 / AB M - 4 ) ▁long - range ▁miss ile ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁handle ▁intercept s ▁outside ▁the ▁atmosphere , ▁and ▁the ▁Gaz elle ▁( SH - 0 8 / AB M - 3 ) ▁short - range ▁miss ile ▁end o at mos pher ic ▁intercept s ▁that ▁el ud ed ▁G org on . ▁The ▁A - 1 3 5 ▁system ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁techn olog ically ▁equivalent ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Saf egu ard ▁system ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁ ▁American ▁N ike - X ▁and ▁S entin