Medium-range ballistic missile
A medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) is a type of ballistic missile with medium range, this last classification depending on the standards of certain organizations. Within the U.S. Department of Defense, a medium-range missile is defined by having a maximum range of between 1,000 and 3,000 km.[1] In modern terminology, MRBMs are part of the wider grouping of theatre ballistic missiles, which includes any ballistic missile with a range of less than 3,500 km.
Specific MRBMs
- Agni I (700–1,250 km) (India) [2]
- Agni II (2,000–3,000 km) (India)
- Shaheen-III[3](2,750 km) Pakistan[4]
- Shaheen-II (2,500 km) Pakistan[5][6]
- Ababeel (2,200 km) (Pakistan)
- Ghauri-I (1,200 km) (Pakistan)
- Ghauri-II (1,800 km) (Pakistan)
- J-600T Yıldırım IV (2500 km) Turkey - under development
- DF-2 (1,250 km) (China)
- DF-16 (1,500 km) (China)
- DF-21 (1,700+ km) (China)
- Jericho II (1,300 km) (Israel)
- Rodong-1 (1,000–1,500 km) (North Korea)
- RD-B Musudan (2,500-4,000 km) (North Korea)
- KN-11 (500-2,000 km) (North Korea)
- KN-08 (3,000-12,000 km) (North Korea)
- Pukguksong-2 (2,500-3,000 km) (North Korea)
- Ghadr-110 (2,000–3,000 km) (Iran)
- Shahab-3 (2,100 km) (Iran)
- Fajr-3 (2,500 km(estimation)) (Iran)
- Ashoura (2,000–2,500 km) (Iran)
- Sejjil (2,000–2,500 km) (Iran)
- Khorramshahr (missile)[7] (Unknown but flew 600 miles before exploding) (Iran)
- SS-3 Shyster (1,200 km) (Soviet Union)
- SS-4 Sandal (2,100 km) (Soviet Union)
- PGM-19 Jupiter (2,410 km) (USA)
- MGM-31 Pershing (1,770 km) (USA)
- SSBS S1 (France)
See also
- Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
- Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)
- Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
- theatre ballistic missiles
- Hypersonic cruise missile
References
- ^ National Air and Space Intelligence Center (March 2006). "Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat" (PDF). United States Air Force. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ http://www.aame.in/2012/11/nuclear-capable-agni-1-ballistic.html
- ^ "Pakistan Conducts Successful test launch of Shaheen III". Express Tribune. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ http://www.mid-day.com/articles/test-launch-of-pakistans-shaheen-iii-surface-to-surface-ballistic-missile-successful/16046188
- ^ "Giant leap: Agni-V, India's 1st ICBM, fired successfully from canister".
- ^ Missile Thread
- ^ http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/30/iran-conducts-ballistic-missile-test-us-officials-say.html