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Medium-range ballistic missile

Class of ballistic missiles defined by range

Medium-range ballistic missile

Class of ballistic missiles defined by range

IRBM and MRBM missiles.

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 1000 and. 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 3500 km. Roughly speaking, MRBM covers the ranges over SRBM (tactical) and under IRBM.

Specific MRBMs

China

  • DF-2 – 1,250 km
  • DF-16 – 1000-1,600 km
  • DF-17 – 1,800–2,500 km
  • DF-21 – 1,500-1,700 km

France

  • SSBS S1
  • S2 (missile)
  • Missile Balistique Terrestre (MBT)– 1,000-2,000 km

India

  • Agni-II – 2,000–3,000 km
  • Agni-P – 1,000-2,000 km
  • Long Range – Anti Ship Missile 1500 km (Tested on 16 November 2024)

Iran

  • Ashoura – 2,000–2,500 km
  • Emad – 1,700 km
  • Fajr-3 – 2,500 km(estimation)
  • Fattah – 1,400 km
  • Ghadr-110 – 2,000–3,000 km
  • Kheibar Shekan – 1400 kilometers (900 miles)
  • Khorramshahr – 2000 km
  • Sejjil – 2,000–4,500 km
  • Shahab-3 – 1,000-2,000 km
  • Qassem Bassir – 1200–3000 kilometres (745–1860 mi)

Indonesia

  • RX-750 – 1,000 km (Under Development, Potential Hypersonic)

Israel

  • Jericho II – 1,300 km

Japan

  • HVGP (Block 2) – 2,000-3,000 km (de-facto, under development)

North Korea

  • Hwasong-7 – 1,000–1,500 km

  • Hwasong-9 – 1,000 km

  • Hwasong-10 – 2,500-4,000 km

  • Pukguksong-1 – 500-2,000 km

  • Pukguksong-2 – 1,200-3,000 km

  • Pukguksong-3 – 2,500-3,000 km Pakistan

  • Ababeel – 2,200 km

  • Ghauri-I – 1,500 km

  • Ghauri-II – 1,800-2,000 km

  • Ghauri-III – 3,000-3,500 km (Cancelled)

  • Shaheen-II – 2,500 km

  • Shaheen-III – 2,750 km

Turkey

  • Cenk – 1,000-2,000 km

Soviet Union

  • R-5 Pobeda – 1,200 km
  • R-12 Dvina – 2,080 km
  • RT-15 – 2,500 km

United States

  • Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon – over 2775 km
  • OpFires – around 1609 km
  • Pershing II – 1,770 km
  • PGM-19 Jupiter – 2,400 km

Iraq

  • Al-Tammuz — 1,200-2,000 km
  • Badr-2000 — 1,000 km

References

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