Anti-ballistic weapon

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An anti ballistic weapon is any weapon (be it a missile, a laser or another type of object) designed to counter threats which are ballistic objects.

"Ballistic objects" include:

Artillery rockets
Artillery shells
Ballistic missiles
Mortar bombs
Rocket-propelled mortar bombs

Weapons

History

Premodern	African Chinese Medieval Japanese Early thermal weapons
Modern	Early Warfare Napoleonic Warfare American Indian Wars War of the Pacific Crimean War American Civil War War of the Triple Alliance Spanish–American War Mexican Revolution Antique Pre-20th century firearms
World War I	Chemical Australia Austria-Hungary Belgium Bulgaria Canada France Germany Greece India Italy Japan Montenegro New Zealand Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Turkey United Kingdom United States Infantry
Interwar period	Chaco War Spanish Civil War (Nationalist/Republican) Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese/National Revolutionary Army)
World War II	Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Croatia Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Japan Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Thailand United Kingdom United States Yugoslavia Infantry
Cold War	First Indochina War Korean War Vietnam War Six-Day War Araguaia Guerilla War Portuguese Colonial War Rhodesian Bush War South African Border War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Iran–Iraq War Laotian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Dominican Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Gulf War
Post-Cold War	Yugoslav Wars Afghanistan War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War

Types

Other

Category

Anti-ballistic weapon

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