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). Roughly speaking, MRBM covers the ranges over SRBM (tactical) and under IRBM.
Specific MRBMs[edit]
- DF-2 - 1,250 kilometres (780 mi)
- DF-16 - 1,000–1,600 kilometres (620–990 mi)
- DF-17 - 1,800–2,500 kilometres (1,100–1,600 mi)
- DF-21 - 1,500–1,700 kilometres (930–1,060 mi)
- Ashoura - 2,000–2,500 kilometres (1,200–1,600 mi)
- Emad - 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi)
- Fajr-3 - 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)(estimation)
- Fattah - 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
- Ghadr-110 - 2,000–3,000 kilometres (1,200–1,900 mi)
- Kheibar Shekan - 1400 kilometers (900 miles)
- Khorramshahr - 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) [2][3]
- Sejjil - 2,000–4,500 kilometres (1,200–2,800 mi)
- Shahab-3 - 1,000–2,000 kilometres (620–1,240 mi)
- Badr-2000 - 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
- Jericho II - 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)
- Hwasong-9 - 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
- Hwasong-10/RD-B Musudan - 2,500–4,000 kilometres (1,600–2,500 mi)
- Pukguksong-1 - 500–2,000 kilometres (310–1,240 mi)
- Pukguksong-2 - 1,200–3,000 kilometres (750–1,860 mi)
- Pukguksong-3 - 2,500–3,000 kilometres (1,600–1,900 mi)
- Rodong-1 - 1,000–1,500 kilometres (620–930 mi)
- Ababeel - 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi)
- Ghauri-I - 1,500 kilometres (930 mi)
- Ghauri-II - 1,800–2,000 kilometres (1,100–1,200 mi)
- Ghauri-III - 3,000–3,500 kilometres (1,900–2,200 mi) (Cancelled)
- Shaheen-II - 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)[4][5]
- Shaheen-III - 2,750 kilometres (1,710 mi)[6][7]
- Cenk - 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
- R-5 Pobeda - 1,200 kilometres (750 mi)
- R-12 Dvina - 2,080 kilometres (1,290 mi)
- RT-15 - 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)
- Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon - over 2,775 kilometres (1,724 mi)
- OpFires - around 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi)
- Pershing II - 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)
- PGM-19 Jupiter - 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi)
See also[edit]
- Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
- Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)
- Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
- Theatre ballistic missiles
- Hypersonic cruise missile
References[edit]
- ^ 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". 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Iran tests ballistic missile in defiance of UN resolution, US officials say". Fox News. 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". The Times of India. February 2015.
- ^ Missile Thread Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine