1957 - Launch of the first ICBM known to NATO as the SS - 6 Sapwood .
1957 - Launch of the first ICBM is the USSR 's R - 7 ( 8K71 ) .
1957 - Launch of the first ICBM , the USSR 's R - 7 ( 8K71 ) , known to NATO as the SS - 6 Sapwood .