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Max range Missile mass Payload Status First flight MIRV Mobility Accuracy 1 RS-28 Sarmat: Russia: State Rocket Center Makeyev: 18,000 km 208,100 kg [1] [2] 10,000 kg, [2] 10x 1 Mt Active 2018 Yes Silo: N/A 2 BZhRK Barguzin: Russia: Votkinsk: 12,600 km 45,000–50,000 kg N/A Inactive N/A Yes Railroad N/A 3 R-36M2 Voevoda [Note 1] USSR
Topol-M launch from silo Minuteman III launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, United States of America on 9 February 2023.. An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi), [1] primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads).
On 16 August 2022, a state contract was signed for the manufacture and supply of the Sarmat strategic missile system. [17] The missile officially entered operational service in September 2023, as the world's longest range and most powerful extant ICBM system. [18] Despite the Russian claims that the missile is on 'combat alert', since its 2022 ...
Solid-fueled missiles, such as North Korea’s Hwasong-18, would allow Pyongyang to launch long-range nuclear strikes quicker than with missiles that use liquid-fuel technology.
David's Sling (Hebrew: קלע דוד, romanized: Kela David) is an Israel Defense Forces military system that was jointly developed by the Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the American defense contractor Raytheon, designed to intercept enemy planes, drones, tactical ballistic missiles, medium- to long-range rockets ...
The launch early on Thursday was the longest ballistic missile test by the North with a flight-time of 87 minutes, according to South Korea. KCNA said the test set new records of its missile ...
The French Air Force and French Navy retain aircraft-carried nuclear-tipped cruise missiles to fulfill the pre-strategic role (tactical-sized weapons used as "ultimate warning" before launching an all-out strategic strike). M51 SLBM (three variants : M51.1 from 2010; M51.2 from 2015; M51.3 projected from 2025 onwards)
Pralay: short-range ballistic missile; Nirbhay: long-range subsonic cruise missile (technically closed) ITCM: Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (technology demonstrator) SLCM: Submarine Launch Cruise Missile (under testing) [9] LR-LACM: Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (under development) [10]