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415: 41: 2667: 2642: 1513: 1488: 1463: 1438: 604:, with a strike range of more than 5,000 km (3,100 mi) on 19 April 2012, claiming entry into the ICBM club. The missile's actual range is speculated by foreign researchers to be up to 8,000 km (5,000 mi) with India having downplayed its capabilities to avoid causing concern to other countries. On 15 December 2022, first night trial of Agni-V was successfully carried out by SFC from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. The missile is now 20 percent lighter because the use of composite materials rather than steel material. The range has been increased to 7,000 km. 1169: 918: 29: 1046:, much like an artillery shell or cannonball. The warhead is encased in a cone-shaped reentry vehicle and is difficult to detect in this phase of flight as there is no rocket exhaust or other emissions to mark its position to defenders. The high speeds of the warheads make them difficult to intercept and allow for little warning, striking targets many thousands of kilometers away from the launch site (and due to the possible locations of the submarines: anywhere in the world) within approximately 30 minutes. 1195: 2250: 2225: 2201: 2177: 2146: 2121: 2097: 2073: 2049: 2018: 1994: 1406: 1374: 2517: 2765: 2506: 1970: 1945: 1921: 1896: 1871: 1846: 1822: 1800: 1706: 2330: 2275: 1634: 1610: 1586: 1562: 1538: 860: 191: 807: 1777: 1683: 2291: 2864: 2840: 2815: 2790: 2740: 2617: 2592: 2567: 2542: 2153: 2025: 1413: 1381: 1350: 1325: 1301: 1277: 2716: 2691: 1756: 1731: 1659: 556: 299: 46: 45: 42: 1181: 47: 993: 44: 898:(ABM) systems: It is far less expensive to add more warheads to an existing missile system than to build an ABM system capable of shooting down the additional warheads; hence, most ABM system proposals have been judged to be impractical. The first operational ABM systems were deployed in the United States during the 1970s. The 535:
ICBM was developed and used as a satellite launch vehicle in 1975. The DF-5, with a range of 10,000 to 12,000 km (6,200 to 7,500 mi)—long enough to strike the Western United States and the Soviet Union—was silo deployed, with the first pair in service by 1981 and possibly twenty missiles in
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program was given the highest national priority. The Atlas A first flew on 11 June 1957; the flight lasted only about 24 seconds before the rocket exploded. The first successful flight of an Atlas missile to full range occurred 28 November 1958. The first armed version of the Atlas, the Atlas D, was
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boiled off and caused ice formation, and therefore fueling the rocket was necessary before launch. This procedure was a source of significant operational delay and might allow the missiles to be destroyed by enemy counterparts before they could be used. To resolve this problem Nazi Germany invented
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project. This was a three-stage effort with the ICBM development not starting until the third stage. However, funding was cut in 1948 after only three partially successful launches of the second stage design, that was used to test variations of the V-2 design. With overwhelming air superiority and
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After World War II, the Americans and the Soviets started rocket research programs based on the V-2 and other German wartime designs. Each branch of the US military started its own programs, leading to considerable duplication of effort. In the Soviet Union, rocket research was centrally organized
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facility. The test used a canisterised version of the missile, mounted over a Tata truck. On 15 December 2022, first night trial of Agni-V was successfully carried out by SFC from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. The missile is now 20 percent lighter because the use of composite materials rather than
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trajectory, and unlike most ICBMs its target could not be deduced from its orbital flight path. It was decommissioned in compliance with arms control agreements, which address the maximum range of ICBMs and prohibit orbital or fractional-orbital weapons. However, according to reports, Russia is
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in order to reduce navigational errors caused by calculation alone. These circuits are usually a network of binary addition circuits that continually recalculate the missile's position. The inputs to the navigation circuit are set by a general-purpose computer according to a navigational input
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was another US multistage ICBM, with a successful launch February 5, 1959, with Titan I A3. Unlike the Atlas, the Titan I was a two-stage missile, rather than three. The Titan was larger, yet lighter, than the Atlas. Due to the improvements in engine technology and guidance systems the Titan I
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An anti-ballistic missile is a missile which can be deployed to counter an incoming nuclear or non-nuclear ICBM. ICBMs can be intercepted in three regions of their trajectory: boost phase, mid-course phase or terminal phase. The United States, Russia, India, France, Israel, and China have now
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developed with some speed. The first launch took place on 15 May 1957 and led to an unintended crash 400 km (250 mi) from the site. The first successful test followed on 21 August 1957; the R-7 flew over 6,000 km (3,700 mi) and became the world's first ICBM. The first
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As the nuclear warhead reenters the Earth's atmosphere, its high speed causes compression of the air, leading to a dramatic rise in temperature which would destroy it, if it were not shielded in some way. In one design, warhead components are contained within an aluminium
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In March 12 2024 India announced that it had joined a very limited group of countries, which are capable of firing multiple warheads on a single ICBM. The announcement came after successfully testing multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) technology.
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is a 3-stage liquid fuel ICBM and has an estimated range of 13,000 kilometers. The DF-5 had its first flight in 1971 and was in operational service 10 years later. One of the downsides of the missile was that it took between 30 and 60 minutes to fuel. The
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launchers only if an equal number of land-based ICBM launchers were dismantled. Subsequent talks, called SALT II, were held from 1972 to 1979 and actually reduced the number of nuclear warheads held by the US and Soviets. SALT II was never ratified by the
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ICBM which leverages Fractional Orbital Bombardment concepts to use a Southern polar approach instead of flying over the northern polar regions. Using that approach, it is theorized, avoids the American missile defense batteries in California and Alaska.
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Someday, not too distant, there can come streaking out of somewhere – we won't be able to hear it, it will come so fast – some kind of gadget with an explosive so powerful that one projectile will be able to wipe out completely this city of
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The R-7 and Atlas each required a large launch facility, making them vulnerable to attack, and could not be kept in a ready state. Failure rates were very high throughout the early years of ICBM technology. Human spaceflight programs
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In July 2023, North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile that was expected to land short of Japanese waters. The launch follows North Korea's threat to retaliate against the US for alleged spy plane incursions.
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and has a range of approximately 12,000–14,000 km (7,500–8,700 mi). The DF-41 deployed underground in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and Inner Mongolia. The mysterious underground subway ICBM carrier systems are called the
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heat shield. Warheads are also often radiation-hardened (to protect against nuclear armed ABMs or the nearby detonation of friendly warheads), one neutron-resistant material developed for this purpose in the UK is
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The last three kinds are mobile and therefore hard to detect prior to a missile launch. During storage, one of the most important features of the missile is its serviceability. One of the key features of the first
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have fully operational long-range ballistic missile systems; Russia, the United States, and China also have land-based ICBMs (the US missiles are silo-based, while China and Russia have both silo and road-mobile
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space launch vehicle and is estimated to have a range of 4,800 to 11,500 km (3,000 to 7,100 mi). In November 2011 Israel tested an ICBM believed to be an upgraded version of the Jericho III.
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declared operational in January 1959 at Vandenberg, although it had not yet flown. The first test flight was carried out on 9 July 1959, and the missile was accepted for service on 1 September. The
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ICBM, intended for use in bombing New York and other American cities. Initially intended to be guided by radio, it was changed to be a piloted craft after the failure of
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and his team, was then widely used by Nazi Germany from mid-1944 until March 1945 to bomb British and Belgian cities, particularly Antwerp and London.
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Science & Global Security, 1992, Volume 3, pp. 101–159 Depressed Trajectory SLBMs: A Technical Evaluation and Arms Control Possibilities
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is between 3,186 and 6,372 km (1,980 and 3,959 mi) and the projection of the flightpath on the Earth's surface is close to a
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was directed to start development of a true ICBM able to deliver newly developed hydrogen bombs. Given steady funding throughout, the
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Russia, the United States, China, North Korea, India and Israel are the only countries currently known to possess land-based ICBMs.
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Once the booster falls away, the remaining "bus" releases several warheads, each of which continues on its own unpowered ballistic
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weapons can also be delivered with varying effectiveness, but have never been deployed on ICBMs. Most modern designs support
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In the Soviet Union, early development was focused on missiles able to attack European targets. That changed in 1953, when
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Most countries in the early stages of developing ICBMs have used liquid propellants, with the known exceptions being the
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in 1998, but it is mainly designed to intercept shorter-ranged theater ballistic missiles, not ICBMs. The Alaska-based
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treaty froze the number of ICBM launchers of both the Americans and the Soviets at existing levels and allowed new
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system around Moscow in the 1970s, which remains in service. Israel deployed a national ABM system based on the
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in 1964, it went on to develop various warheads and missiles. Beginning in the early 1970s, the liquid fuelled
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Many authorities say that missiles also release aluminized balloons, electronic noisemakers, and other decoys
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D5 nuclear missile system, capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads up to 8,000 km (5,000 mi)
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did not take the problem of ICBM development seriously. Things changed in 1953 with the Soviet testing of
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is crucial, because halving the circular error probable decreases the needed warhead energy by a
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facility, located in North Dakota, was operational from 1975 to 1976. The Soviets deployed their
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In July 2014, China announced the development of its newest generation of ICBM, the Dongfeng-41 (
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The Western view of the deployment of these systems was governed by the strategic theory of
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China developed a minimal independent nuclear deterrent entering its own cold war after an
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and Titan ICBM launches, cumulative by month with failures highlighted (pink), showing how
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New development of ICBM technology are ICBMs able to carry hypersonic glide vehicles as a
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ICBMs usually use the trajectory which optimizes range for a given amount of payload (the
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rocket. The United States claimed that the launch was in fact a way to test an ICBM. (See
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ICBMs are differentiated by having greater range and speed than other ballistic missiles:
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with the Soviet Union beginning in the early 1960s. After first testing a domestic built
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These early ICBMs also formed the basis of many space launch systems. Examples include
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are the only systems having the capability to intercept and shoot down ICBMs carrying
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with a reach of 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) aboard the ultimately unsuccessful
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systems by both the Americans and Soviets. Such systems were restricted by the 1972
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One particular weapon developed by the Soviet Union – the
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Korabli VMF SSSR, Vol. 1, Part 1, Yu. Apalkov, Sankt Peterburg, 2003,
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are the only countries known to have operational ICBMs. Incidentally,
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greater than 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi), primarily designed for
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Three Stages of the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Flight
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into space on 12 December 2012 using the 32-metre-tall (105 ft)
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Israel is believed to have deployed a road mobile nuclear ICBM, the
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Israel is believed to have deployed a road mobile nuclear ICBM, the
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Challenge to Apollo: the Soviet Union and the space race, 1945–1974
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have 286 ICBMs able to deliver 958 nuclear warheads: 46 silo-based
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Missile Survey: Ballistic and Cruise Missiles of Foreign Countries
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pushes the missile and then falls away. Most modern boosters are
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As of 2016, all five of the nations with permanent seats on the
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strategic-missile unit became operational on 9 February 1959 at
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developed anti-ballistic missile systems, of which the Russian
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steel material. The range has been increased to 7,000 km.
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armed intercontinental ballistic missile in development by the
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treaty to reduce their deployed ICBMs and attributed warheads.
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is the only nuclear-armed state that does not possess ICBMs.
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Ballistic missile with a range of more than 5,500 kilometres
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or CSS-X-10 can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads, which are
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or 15 lighter ones or up to 24 hypersonic glide vehicles
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The United States currently operates 405 ICBMs in three
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system attained initial operational capability in 2004.
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This technology was predicted by US General of the Army
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China has developed several long-range ICBMs, like the
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is developing an ICBM. North Korea successfully put a
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that placed the first artificial satellite in space,
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Strategic missile systems are thought to use custom
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in history was accomplished on a derivative of R-7,
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although several teams worked on different designs.
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intended to confuse interception devices and radars
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Index

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Peacekeeper
Vandenberg Space Force Base
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thermonuclear warheads
Conventional
chemical
biological
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United States
Russia
China
France
India
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Israel
North Korea
Pakistan
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Attacks against military targets
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LGM-118 Peacekeeper
intermediate-range ballistic missiles
medium-range ballistic missiles
short-range ballistic missiles
tactical ballistic missiles

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