▁the ▁new ▁solid ▁ro cket ▁fuel . ▁ ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁ ▁The ▁Soviet ▁military ▁had ▁requested ▁fund ing ▁for ▁AB M ▁research ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁but ▁were ▁only ▁given ▁the ▁go - a head ▁to ▁begin ▁deployment ▁of ▁such ▁a ▁system ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁August ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁Their ▁test ▁system , ▁known ▁simply ▁as ▁System ▁A , ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁V - 1 0 0 0 ▁miss ile , ▁which ▁was ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁US ▁efforts . ▁The ▁first ▁successful ▁test ▁inter ception ▁was ▁carried ▁out ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁November ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁with ▁a ▁live ▁war head ▁on ▁ 4 ▁March ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁In ▁this ▁test , ▁a ▁dummy ▁war head ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁a ▁R - 1 2 ▁ball istic ▁miss ile ▁launched ▁from ▁the ▁Kap ust in ▁Y ar , ▁and ▁intercept ed ▁by ▁a ▁V - 1 0 0 0 ▁launched ▁from ▁ ▁S ary - Sh agan . ▁The ▁dummy ▁war head ▁was ▁destroyed ▁by ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁ 1 6 , 0 0 0 ▁t ung sten - car b ide ▁spher ical ▁impact ors ▁ 1 4 0 ▁seconds ▁after ▁launch , ▁at ▁an ▁alt itude ▁of ▁. ▁ ▁The ▁V - 1 0 0 0 ▁miss ile ▁system ▁was ▁non eth eless ▁considered ▁not ▁reliable ▁enough ▁and ▁abandoned ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁nuclear - ar med ▁AB M s . ▁A ▁much