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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.
K-5 missile, with a maximum range of 6,000 to 8000 kilometers and a payload of one tonne, is under development by DRDO which may be the SLBM version of AGNI-VI (ICBM). [20] India, having completed the development of its first ballistic missile submarine INS Arihant, is reported to be developing at least four submarines in the Arihant class. [21]
North Korea is estimated to have an arsenal of about 50 "stored" nuclear warheads, meaning they are not actively deployed on its various land-based weapons systems including its long-range missiles.
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 ...
[63] [64] On 6 March 2017, North Korea launched four missiles from Tongchang-ri, [65] a known long-range missile site at 7:36 a.m. local time, one of which landed in the Sea of Japan, with the remaining three missiles landing in Japan's economic zone. [66]