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A ballistic missile is a missile
Missile

A guided missile is a self-propelled projectile used as a weapon. Missiles are typically propelled by rockets or jet engines. Missiles generally have one or more explosive warheads, although other weapon types may also be used....
 that follows a sub-orbital ballistic
Ballistics

Ballistics is the science of mechanics that deals with the flight, behavior, and effects of projectiles, especially bullets, gravity bombs, rockets, or the like; the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as to achieve a desired performance....
 flightpath with the objective of delivering a warhead (usually nuclear) to a predetermined target. The missile is only guided during the relatively brief initial powered phase of flight and its course is subsequently governed by the laws of orbital mechanics and ballistics.






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A ballistic missile is a missile
Missile

A guided missile is a self-propelled projectile used as a weapon. Missiles are typically propelled by rockets or jet engines. Missiles generally have one or more explosive warheads, although other weapon types may also be used....
 that follows a sub-orbital ballistic
Ballistics

Ballistics is the science of mechanics that deals with the flight, behavior, and effects of projectiles, especially bullets, gravity bombs, rockets, or the like; the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as to achieve a desired performance....
 flightpath with the objective of delivering a warhead (usually nuclear) to a predetermined target. The missile is only guided during the relatively brief initial powered phase of flight and its course is subsequently governed by the laws of orbital mechanics and ballistics. To date, ballistic missiles have been propelled during powered flight by chemical rocket
Rocket

A rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust by the Reaction of the rocket to the ejection of fast moving fluid exhaust from a rocket engine....
 engines of various types.

History

The first ballistic missile was the A-4, commonly known as the V-2 rocket
V-2 rocket

The V-2 rocket was the first ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight, the progenitor of all modern rockets....
, developed by Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
 in the 1930s and 1940s under direction of Walter Dornberger
Walter Dornberger

Major-General Dr Walter Robert Dornberger was a Germany artillery Officer whose career spanned World Wars World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Germany's V2 rocket program and other projects at the Peenem?nde Army Research Center....
. The first successful launch of a V-2 was on October 3, 1942 and began operation on September 6, 1944 against Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, followed by an attack on London two days later. By the end of World War II May 1945 over 3,000 V-2s had been launched.

A total of 30 nations have deployed operational ballistic missiles. Development continues, with around 100 ballistic missile flight tests (not including those of the US) in 2007, mostly by China, Iran and the Russian Federation.

Flight

A ballistic missile trajectory consists of three parts: The powered flight portion, the free-flight portion which constitutes most of the flight time, and the re-entry phase where the missile re-enters the Earth's atmosphere.

Ballistic missiles can be launched from fixed sites or mobile launchers, including vehicles (Transporter Erector Launchers, TELs
Transporter erector launcher

A transporter erector launcher is a vehicle with an integrated Prime mover that can carry, elevate to firing position and launch one or more missiles....
), aircraft
Aircraft

An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to flight by being supported by the air, or in general, the atmosphere, of a planet. Examples include balloons, airplanes and helicopters....
, ships
Navy

A navy is the branch of a nation's military forces principally designated for naval warfare and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions....
 and submarines. The powered flight portion can last from a few tens of seconds to several minutes and can consist of multiple rocket
Rocket

A rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust by the Reaction of the rocket to the ejection of fast moving fluid exhaust from a rocket engine....
 stages.

When in space and no more thrust
Thrust

Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Isaac Newton's Newton's laws of motion. When a system expels or acceleration mass in one direction the accelerated mass will cause a proportional but opposite force on that system....
 is provided, the missile enters free-flight. In order to cover large distances, ballistic missiles are usually launched into a high sub-orbital spaceflight
Sub-orbital spaceflight

A sub-orbital spaceflight is a spaceflight in which the spacecraft reaches Outer space, but its trajectory intersects the atmosphere or surface of the gravitating body from which it was launched, so that it does not complete one orbital revolution....
; for intercontinental missiles the highest altitude (apogee) reached during free-flight is about 1200 km.

The re-entry stage begins at an altitude where atmospheric drag
Drag (physics)

The term drag is widely used in Physics and Engineering and is central to the field of fluid dynamics. "Drag" refers to forces that oppose the motion of a solid object through a fluid ....
 plays a significant part in missile trajectory
Trajectory

Trajectory is the path of a moving object that it follows through space. The object might be a projectile or a satellite, for example. It thus includes the meaning of orbit - the path of a planet, an asteroid or a comet as it travels around a central mass....
, and lasts until missile impact
Impact force

An impact force is a high force or Shock applied over a short time period. Such a force or acceleration can sometimes have a greater effect than a lower force applied over a proportionally longer time period....
.

Missile types

Trident Ii Missile Image
Ballistic missiles can vary widely in range and use, and are often divided into categories based on range. Various schemes are used by different countries to categorize the ranges of ballistic missiles:

  • Tactical ballistic missile
    Tactical ballistic missile

    A tactical ballistic missile is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically range is less than 300 km. Tactical ballistic missiles are usually mobile to ensure survivability and quick deployment, as well as carrying a variety of warheads to target enemy facilities, assembly areas, artillery, and other targets be...
    : Range between about 150 and 300 km.
  • Battlefield range ballistic missile
    Battlefield Range Ballistic Missile

    Battlefield Range Ballistic Missile is a type of ballistic missile with battlefield range....
     (BRBM): Range less than 200 km.


  • Theatre ballistic missile
    Theatre ballistic missile

    A theatre ballistic missile is any ballistic missile with a range between 300 and 3,500 km, used against targets "in-theatre". Its range is thus between that of Tactical ballistic missile and intercontinental ballistic missile ballistic missiles....
    : Range between 300 and 3500 km.
  • Short-range ballistic missile
    Short-range ballistic missile

    A short-range ballistic missile is a ballistic missile with a range of about 1,000 km or less. They are usually capable of carrying nuclear weapons....
     (SRBM): Range 1000 km or less.
  • Medium-range ballistic missile
    Medium-range ballistic missile

    A medium-range ballistic missile , is a type of ballistic missile with medium range, this last classification depending on the standards of certain organizations....
     (MRBM): Range between 1000 and 3500 km


  • Intermediate-range ballistic missile
    Intermediate-range ballistic missile

    An intermediate-range ballistic missile is a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000-5,500 km , between a medium-range ballistic missile and an intercontinental ballistic missile....
     (IRBM) or long-range ballistic missile (LRBM): Range between 2500 or 3000 and 5500 km.
  • Intercontinental ballistic missile
    Intercontinental ballistic missile

    An intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is a long-range ballistic missile typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery, that is, delivering one or more nuclear weapon....
     (ICBM): Range greater than 5500 km.
  • Submarine-launched ballistic missile
    Submarine-launched ballistic missile

    Submarine-launched ballistic missiles or SLBMs are ballistic missiles delivering nuclear weapons that are launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles each of which carries a warhead and allows a single launched missile to strike several targets....
     (SLBM): Launched from ballistic missile submarine
    Ballistic missile submarine

    A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles . Ballistic missile submarines are larger than any other type of submarine, in order to accommodate SLBMs such as the Russian R-29 or the American Trident missile....
    s (SSBNs), all current designs have intercontinental range.


Short- and medium-range missiles are often collectively referred to as theatre or tactical ballistic missiles
Tactical ballistic missile

A tactical ballistic missile is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically range is less than 300 km. Tactical ballistic missiles are usually mobile to ensure survivability and quick deployment, as well as carrying a variety of warheads to target enemy facilities, assembly areas, artillery, and other targets be...
 (TBMs). Long- and medium-range ballistic missiles are generally designed to deliver nuclear weapon
Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either nuclear fission or a combination of fission and nuclear fusion....
s because their payload is too limited for conventional explosives to be efficient (though the U.S. may be evaluating the idea of a conventionally-armed ICBM for near-instant global air strike capability despite the high costs).

The flight phases
Intercontinental ballistic missile

An intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is a long-range ballistic missile typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery, that is, delivering one or more nuclear weapon....
 are like those for ICBMs, except with no exoatmospheric phase for missiles with ranges less than about 350 km.

Quasiballistic missiles

A quasiballistic missile (also called a semiballistic missile) is a category of missile that has a low trajectory and/or is largely ballistic but can perform manoeuvres in flight or make unexpected changes in direction and range.

At a lower trajectory than a ballistic missile, a quasiballistic missile can maintain higher speed, thus allowing its target less time to react to the attack, at the cost of reduced range.

Missiles that combine a maneuverable reentry vehicle
Maneuverable reentry vehicle

The maneuverable reentry vehicle is a type of nuclear weapon warhead capable of shifting targets in flight. Refer to atmospheric reentry.There are several types, of which examples include:...
 (MaRV) with a terminal guidance system, allowing them to adjust the flight path as they near their target, are thought to be under development in China for use as anti-ship ballistic missile
Anti-ship ballistic missile

An anti-ship ballistic missile is a quasiballistic missile, of MRBM or Intermediate-range ballistic missile, designed to hit a ship at sea. Currently, there are no defence mechanisms that can counter an ASBM....
s.

Specific missiles

Specific types of ballistic missiles include:

Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....

  • Condor
    Condor missile

    The Argentina Condor missile program started in the 1970s as a multinational space research program with significant contract work being performed by Germany company Messerschmitt-B?lkow-Blohm ....
     SRBM


China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....

  • DF-1: MRBM
  • DF-2: MRBM
  • DF-3A
    DF-3A

    According to the United States Department of Defense, the DF-3A represents China's main missile system. It is currently being retired and was inaccurately predicted to have been removed from China's missile arsenal in 2002....
    : IRBM
  • DF-4: ICBM
  • DF-5
    DF-5

    The Dongfeng 5 or DF-5 is a 3 stage China ICBM. It has a length 32.6 m and a diameter of 3.35 m. It weighs in at 183,000 kilograms and it has an estimated range of 12,000 to 15,000 kilometers....
    : ICBM
  • DF-11
    Dongfeng missile

    The Dongfeng missile is a series of intermediate and intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by the People's Republic of China. Typically, the word Dongfeng is shortened to "DF", so Dongfeng 9 is written as DF-9....
    : SRBM
  • DF-15
    DF-15

    The Dong-Feng 15 is a short-range ballistic missile developed by the People's Republic of China. It is the only non-nuclear missile being used by the People's Liberation Army Second Artillery Corps....
    : SRBM
  • DF-21
    DF-21

    The Dong-Feng 21 represents China's first solid-fuel land-based missile. Development started in the late 1960s, and was completed around 1985-86 but was not deployed until 1991....
    : IRBM
  • DF-25
    DF-25

    DF-25 is a Chinese two-stage, solid-propellant, mobile-launch medium-range ballistic missile . The system entered service with the Second Artillery Corps of the People's Liberation Army in 2004/2005....
    : IRBM
  • DF-31
    DF-31

    The Dong Feng 31 is a long-range, three stage, solid propellant intercontinental ballistic missile in the Dongfeng missile series developed by the People's Republic of China....
    : ICBM
  • DF-41
    DF-41

    DF-41 , is a type of solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile currently under development by the People's Republic of China .It has an estimated operational range of 15,000+km, is capable of MIRV delivery , and can cover any position on the planet....
    : ICBM
  • JL-1
    JL-1

    The Julang-1, also known as the JL-1 and in US nomenclature as the CSS-N-3, was China's first solid fueled ballistic missile....
    : SLBM IRBM
  • JL-2
    JL-2

    The JL-2 is a China second generation intercontinental-range submarine-launched ballistic missile which has a three-stage, solid-fuelled propulsion design....
    : SLBM ICBM
  • B-611: TBM SSM
  • DF-21
    DF-21

    The Dong-Feng 21 represents China's first solid-fuel land-based missile. Development started in the late 1960s, and was completed around 1985-86 but was not deployed until 1991....
    : ASBM (anti-ship ballistic missile
    Anti-ship ballistic missile

    An anti-ship ballistic missile is a quasiballistic missile, of MRBM or Intermediate-range ballistic missile, designed to hit a ship at sea. Currently, there are no defence mechanisms that can counter an ASBM....
    )


France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....

  • Hadès
    Hadès (missile)

    The Had?s system was a short-range ballistic pre-strategic nuclear weapon system designed by France, as a last warning before use of strategic nuclear weapons, in the perspective of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe....
    : SRBM
  • M45
    M45 SLBM

    The M45 SLBM is the current standard French Navy's submarine launched ballistic missile Around 200 M45 are in commission in the Force oc?anique strat?gique, the submarine nuclear deterrent component of the French Navy....
    : SLBM
  • M51
    M51 SLBM

    The M51 SLBM is the French Navy's future submarine launched ballistic missile, designed to replace the M45 SLBM SLBM .Each missile carries six MIRV TN 75 Nuclear weapons....
    : SLBM
  • Pluton
    Pluton (missile)

    The Pluton missile was a France nuclear weapon-armed short-range ballistic missile system launched from a transporter erector launcher platform mounted on an AMX 30 tank chassis....
    : SRBM


India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....

  • Prithvi I
    Prithvi missile

    Prithvi is a tactical Surface-to-surface missile, short-range ballistic missile developed by DRDO of India under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program....
     : SRBM
  • Prithvi II
    Prithvi missile

    Prithvi is a tactical Surface-to-surface missile, short-range ballistic missile developed by DRDO of India under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program....
     : SRBM
  • Prithvi III
    Prithvi missile

    Prithvi is a tactical Surface-to-surface missile, short-range ballistic missile developed by DRDO of India under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program....
     : SRBM
  • Agni I : SRBM
  • Agni II : MRBM
  • Agni III : IRBM
  • Agni V : ICBM (Under Development)
  • Surya I
    Surya missile

    Surya is the codename for the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that India is reported to be developing. The DRDO is believed to have begun the project in 1994....
     : ICBM (Under Development)
  • Surya II
    Surya missile

    Surya is the codename for the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that India is reported to be developing. The DRDO is believed to have begun the project in 1994....
     : ICBM (Under Development)
  • Surya III
    Surya missile

    Surya is the codename for the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that India is reported to be developing. The DRDO is believed to have begun the project in 1994....
     : ICBM (Under Development)
  • Sagarika
    Sagarika

    Sagarika is a nuclear-capable Submarine launched ballistic missile ballistic missile with a range of ....
     : SLBM
  • Shaurya
    Shaurya missile

    The Shaurya missile is a canister launched hypersonic surface-to-surface missile tactical missile developed by the Indian Defence Research and Development Organization for use by the Indian Armed Forces....
     : SRBM
  • Dhanush
    India and weapons of mass destruction

    India possesses an arsenal of nuclear weapons and maintains Intermediate-range ballistic missile ballistic missiles, long range strategic bombers, ships and cruise missile submarines to deliver them....
     : ShipLBM


Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....

  • Shahab-1
    Shahab-1

    The Shahab-1 was the foundation of the long-range Iranian missile program. The missile itself is a minor variant of the Scud, which Iran initially acquired from Libya and Syria between 1985 and 1986....
    : SRBM
  • Zelzal-1
    Zelzal-1

    Zelzal-1 is an Iranian-made heavy artillery rocket with an estimated range of 150 kilometer....
    : SRBM
  • Shahab-2
    Shahab-2

    The Shahab-2 is the successor to the Iranian Shahab-1 missile. The missile itself is a variant of the Scud-C, built from 1990 with the assistance of North Korea....
    : SRBM
  • Zelzal-2
    Zelzal-2

    Zelzal-2 is an unguided Iranian 610 millimetre heavy artillery rocket that can carry a 600 kg warhead an estimated 210 km . The missile is thought to be based on the Soviet FROG-7 missile, with development begun in 1990....
    : SRBM
  • Zelzal-3
    Zelzal-3

    Zelzal-3 is an Iranian-made solid propellant missile, with an estimated range of 400 km....
    : SRBM
  • Fateh-110
    Fateh-110

    The Fateh-110, is a single-stage solid-propellant, surface-to-surface missile with at least a 200 km range, and it is produced domestically within Iran, including the solid fuel propellant....
    : SRBM
  • Shahab-3
    Shahab-3

    The Shahab-3 is a medium-range ballistic missile developed by Iran and based on the Nodong-1. An early variant could fly ; they can now reach ....
    : MRBM
  • Fajr-3
    Fajr-3 ballistic missile

    The Iranian-made Fajr-3 is believed to be a medium-range ballistic missile with an unknown range . Iranian officials have said that the missile can avoid radar detection and has multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles ....
    : MRBM
  • Ashoura missile
    Ashoura missile

    November 2007, Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Najjar announced Iran had built a new missile with a range of 2,000 km, the 'Ashoura missile'. Najar said: "The Islamic Republic of Iran has never aimed to launch an attack on any country....
    : MRBM
  • Ghadr-110
    Ghadr-110

    The Ghadr-110 is an medium-range ballistic missile designed and developed by Iran. The missile has a range of 2,500 km to 3,000 km. The Iranian Armed Forces first displayed the missile to the public at an annual military parade to mark the Iran-Iraq war....
    : MRBM


Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....

  • Jericho I
    Jericho missile

    Jericho is a general designation given to the Israeli ballistic missiles. The name is taken from the first development contract signed between Israel and Dassault Aviation in 1963, with the codename as a reference to the Holy Bible city of Jericho....
    : SRBM
  • Jericho II
    Jericho missile

    Jericho is a general designation given to the Israeli ballistic missiles. The name is taken from the first development contract signed between Israel and Dassault Aviation in 1963, with the codename as a reference to the Holy Bible city of Jericho....
    : MRBM
  • Jericho III
    Jericho missile

    Jericho is a general designation given to the Israeli ballistic missiles. The name is taken from the first development contract signed between Israel and Dassault Aviation in 1963, with the codename as a reference to the Holy Bible city of Jericho....
    : ICBM


Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

  • Al Abbas:
  • Al Hijarah:
  • Al Hussein
    Al Hussein

    Al Hussein or al-Husayn is a designation of an Iraqi ballistic missile....
    :
  • Al Hussein II:
  • Al Samoud :
  • Al Samoud II
    Al-Samoud 2

    Al-Samoud was a liquid-fuel ballistic missile developed by Iraq in the years between the Persian Gulf War and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq....
     :


Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....

  • V-2
    V-2 rocket

    The V-2 rocket was the first ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight, the progenitor of all modern rockets....


North Korea
North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula....

  • Nodong-1
    Nodong-1

    The Rodong-1 is a single Staging , mobile Bipropellant rocket medium range ballistic missile developed by North Korea. Developed in the mid-1980s, it is an adaptation of the Soviet Union SS-1, more commonly known by its NATO reporting name "Scud"....
    : MRBM
  • Taepodong-1
    Taepodong-1

    Taepodong-1 is a three-stage intermediate-range ballistic missile developed in North Korea and currently in service there. The missile was derived originally from the Scud rocket, and can allegedly serve as both a nuclear weapon delivery system and a space launch vehicle....
    : IRBM
  • Taepodong-2
    Taepodong-2

    The Taepodong-2 , is a designation used to indicate a North Korean three-stage ballistic missile design that is the successor to the Taepodong-1....
    : ICBM


Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...

  • Abdali-I
    Abdali-I

    Abdali-I is a short-range ballistic missile , created in Pakistan and currently in service of Pakistan's Army. The Abdali-I was originally designed as the two-stage version of the Hatf-I, essentially a solid-propellant stage was attached to the bottom of a Hatf-I....
    : SRBM
  • Ghauri-I
    Ghauri

    Ghauri or Ghouri or Ghori can refer to:* A resident of Ghor Province province in Afghanistan.* Ghauri missiles of Pakistan: Ghauri ,Ghauri-II and Ghauri-III...
    : MRBM
  • Ghauri-II
    Ghauri-II

    DescriptionThe Ghauri-II is a medium-range ballistic missile MRBM. It is a longer ranged variant of the Ghauri missile. It was developed by increasing the length of the motor assembly and using improved propellants....
    : MRBM
  • Ghauri-III
    Ghauri-III

    The Ghauri-III is an intermediate-range ballistic missile being deployed by Pakistan. Its designed to be a 3-stage missile, based on the Ghauri missile....
     : IRBM
  • Ghaznavi
    Ghaznavi

    For Mahmud Ghaznavi please see Mahmud of GhazniGhaznavi is the name given to a Pakistani missile. It is named after the 11th century Muslim conqueror Mahmud of Ghazni....
    : SRBM
  • Hatf-I
    Hatf-I/IA

    Hatf-I/IA is a short-range, road mobile, solid propellant ballistic missile based on the Chinese M-11 missle. There are three versions: the I, IA, and IB....
    : BRBM
  • Shaheen
    Shaheen missile

    The Shaheen missile series was developed by National Defence Complex , a subsidiary of the NESCOM which was formed in 1993, under the guidance of Dr....
    : MRBM
  • Shaheen-II
    Shaheen-II

    The Shaheen-II missile IRBM series was developed by National Defence Complex , a subsidiary of the NESCOM which was formed in 1993, under the guidance of Dr....
    : MRBM
  • Shaheen-III
    Shaheen-III

    The Shaheen missile series .Shaheen-III an intermediate-range ballistic missile under development by Pakistan. The Shaheen-III missile started development around 2002 with a planned range of 4,000 km to 4,500 km....
    : IRBM (under development)


Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....

  • Scud:
  • SS-18 missile: ICBM
  • SS-24 missile: ICBM
  • SS-N-23
    SS-N-23

    The R-29RM Shtil is a liquid propellant, submarine-launched ballistic missile in use by Russia. It has the alternate Russian designations RSM-54 and 3M27....
    : SLBM


South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....

  • Hyunmoo
    Hyunmoo

    Hyunmoo literally means "Guardian of the Northern Sky"Through reverse-engineering of US supplied missiles, South Korea produced two versions of a two-stage, solid fuel SSM based on the US Nike Hercules surface-to-air missile: NHK-1 and NHK-2 ....
    : SRBM


Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....

  • J-Missile
    J-Missile

    Project J is a Turkish Military program intended to develop a series of ballistic missiles known as J Missiles.Financed by Genelkurmay Baskanligi , the program originally started in the 1980s under the name an indigenous short-range artillery rocket project....
  • Yildirim
    Yildirim

    Yildirim is a metropolitan district in the centre of Bursa Province in Turkey. The district was named after Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I. It was founded in 1987 and it has a size of 399 km?....
     SRBM


United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...

  • Minuteman: ICBM
  • Peacekeeper: ICBM
  • Polaris: SLBM
  • Poseidon: SLBM
  • Skybolt Air-Launched Ballistic Missile (ALBM)
  • Trident
    Trident missile

    The Trident missile is a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle submarine-launched ballistic missile designed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems in the United States which is armed with nuclear weapons and is launched from Ballistic missile submarines, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines....
     SLBM


Ballistic missile submarines

Specific types of ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) include:

China

  • Type 092 (Xia class)
  • Type 094 (Jin class)
    Type 094 submarine

    The Type 094 is a new class of ballistic missile submarine developed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. The first-of-class was constructed at Huludao Shipyard in Huludao, Liaoning Province and launched in July 2004....


France

  • Triomphant class
  • Redoutable class
    Redoutable class submarine

    The Redoutable class submarine is a ballistic missile submarine class of the French French Navy, the oceanic part of the Force de frappe....


Russia

  • Delta class
    Delta class submarine

    File:Soviet Military Power DD-ST-85-06588.JPEGThe Delta class submarine has formed the backbone of the Soviet and Russian strategic submarine fleet since its introduction in 1973....
  • Typhoon class
    Typhoon class submarine

    The Typhoon class submarine is a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine deployed by the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. With a maximum displacement of 26,000 tonnes, Typhoons are the largest class of submarine ever built....


United Kingdom

  • Vanguard class
    Vanguard class submarine

    The Vanguard class are the Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines , each armed with up to 16 Trident missile Submarine-launched ballistic missiles ....
  • Resolution class
    Resolution class submarine

    The Resolution-class submarine armed with the UGM-27 Polaris was Great Britain's primary nuclear deterrent from the late 1960s to 1994, when they were replaced by the Vanguard class submarine carrying the Trident missile....


United States

  • Benjamin Franklin class
    Benjamin Franklin class submarine

    The Benjamin Franklin class of submarine was an evolutionary development from the James Madison class submarine of fleet ballistic missile submarine....
  • Ohio class
    Ohio class submarine

    The Ohio class is a class of nuclear-powered submarines used by the United States Navy. The United States has 18 Ohio-class submarines:...


India

  • Advanced Technology Vessel
    Advanced Technology Vessel

    The Advanced Technology Vessel is a Nuclear navy ballistic missile submarine being constructed for the Indian Navy at Vizag, India.The submarine is a part of India's US$2.9 billion project to construct 6 nuclear submarines and the submarine is expected to enter trials by the end of 2009....
     under construction.


Additional ballistic missile submarines
List of NATO reporting names for ballistic missile submarines

NATO reporting name for ballistic missile submarines, with Soviet designations:* Ballistic Missile Submarines - Nuclear Propelled ** "Hotel class" 8 ships...


See also

  • Cruise missile
    Cruise missile

    A cruise missile is a guided missile missile that carries an explosive payload and uses a lifting wing and a propulsion system, usually a jet engine, to allow sustained flight; it is essentially a flying bomb....
  • Surface-to-surface missile
    Surface-to-surface missile

    A surface-to-surface missile is a guided projectile launched from a hand-held, vehicle mounted, trailer mounted or fixed installation or from a ship....
  • Quasiballistic missile


Related

  • Anti-ballistic missile
    Anti-ballistic missile

    An anti-ballistic missile is a missile designed to counter ballistic missiles . A ballistic missile is used to deliver nuclear weapon, Chemical warfare, Biological warfare or conventional warheads in a ballistics flight trajectory....
  • Anti-ballistic missile treaty
    Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

    The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons....
  • Atmospheric reentry
    Atmospheric reentry

    Atmospheric reentry refers to the movement of human-made or natural objects as they enter the atmosphere of a planet from outer space, in the case of Earth from an altitude above the "edge of space." This article primarily addresses the process of controlled reentry of vehicles which are intended to reach the planetary surface intact, but th...
  • Weapons of mass destruction
    Weapons of mass destruction

    A weapon of mass destruction is a weapon that can kill large numbers of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures , natural structures , or the biosphere in general....


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