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The RZ-25 Dal (РЗ-25 Даль, NATO reporting name SA-5 Griffon) was a Soviet surface-to-air missile system that was developed in the 1950s, but never entered regular service.

The RZ-25 began flight tests in 1957, with the first automated missile launch taking place on 30 December 1958. Twelve launches took place in 1959, and in May 1960 the first guided launch against an aerial target was conducted.

Between 1960 and 1962, thirty launch sites were built near Leningrad (Saint Petersburg).

The missile was shown publically during the October Revolution Day parade on 7 November 1963, with Soviet news agency TASS reporting that tests had proven the system effective.

By 1964, the program and the missile sites were abandoned.