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 kilometres (620 and 1,860 mi).[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 kilometres (2,200 mi).
IRBM and MRBM missiles.
Specific MRBMs
- Agni II (2,000–3,000 km) (India)
- Ashoura (2,000–2,500 km) (Iran)
- Badr-2000 (1000 km) (Iraq)
- DF-2 (1,250 km) (China)
- DF-16 (800-1,000 km) (China)
- DF-16 1,000–1,600 kilometres (620–990 mi) China
- DF-17 (1,800–2,500 km) China
- DF-21 (1,500-1,700 km) (China) , (Saudi Arabia)
- Emad (1,700 km) (Iran)
- Fajr-3 (2,500 km(estimation)) (Iran)
- Ghadr-110 (2,000–3,000 km) (Iran)
- Jericho II (1,300 km) (Israel)
- J-600T Yıldırım IV (2500 km)
Turkey - under development - Khorramshahr (missile)[2][3] (2000 km) (Iran)
- Hwasong-9 (1,000+ km) (North Korea)
- Hwasong-10/RD-B Musudan (2,500-4,000 km) (North Korea)
- Pukkuksong-1 (500-2,000 km) (North Korea)
- Pukkuksong-2 (1,200-3,000 km) (North Korea)
- Pershing II (1100 Miles) (USA)
- PGM-19 Jupiter (1491 Miles) (USA)
- Pukkuksong-2 (2,500-3,000 km) (North Korea)
- Raad-500 (500 km) (Iran)
- R-5 Pobeda (1,200 km) (Soviet Union)
- R-12 Dvina (2,080 km) (Soviet Union)
- Rodong-1 (1,000–1,500 km) (North Korea)
- RT-15 (2,500) (Soviet Union)
- Samen (750–800 km) (Iran)
- Sejjil (2,000–4,500 km) (Iran)
- Shahab-3 (1,930-2,000 km) (Iran)
- Ghauri-I (1,500 km) (Pakistan)
- Ghauri-II (1,800-2,000 km) (Pakistan)
- Ababeel (2,200 km) (Pakistan)
- Shaheen-II(2,500 km) Pakistan[4][5]
- Shaheen-III (2,750 km) Pakistan[6][7]
- Ghauri-III (3,000-3,500 km) (Pakistan) (Cancelled)
- SSBS S1 (France)
See also
References
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center (March 2006). "Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat" (PDF). United States Air Force. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- "Iran New Khorramshahr ballistic missile unveiled during military parade | September 2017 Global Defense Security news industry | Defense Security global news industry army 2017 | Archive News year".
- "Iran tests ballistic missile in defiance of UN resolution, US officials say". 30 January 2017.
- "Test launch of Pakistan's 'Shaheen-III' surface-to-surface ballistic missile successful". 9 March 2015.
- "Pakistan Conducts Successful test launch of Shaheen III". The Express Tribune. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- "Giant leap: Agni-V, India's 1st ICBM, fired successfully from canister".
- Missile Thread Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
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