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  2. Comparison of ICBMs - Wikipedia

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    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 Yuzhny Machine ...

  3. Hypersonic weapon - Wikipedia

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    The Silbervogel was the first design for a hypersonic weapon and was developed by German scientists in the 1930s, but was never constructed. [6]The ASALM (Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile) was a medium-range strategic missile program developed in the late 1970s for the United States Air Force; the missile's development reached the stage of propulsion-system testing, test-flown to Mach 5 ...

  4. Agni-V - Wikipedia

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    The missile has a range of more than 7,000 km. [12] [13] It is a three-stage, road-mobile, canisterised and solid-fuelled ballistic missile. [20] It is one of the fastest missiles in the world, reaching speeds up to 29,400 km/h.

  5. Oreshnik (missile) - Wikipedia

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    The missile is equipped with six warheads, each reportedly containing submunitions, [3] and has been described as highly difficult to intercept, though modern ballistic missile interceptors are designed to counter this type of system. [4] [5] Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh has identified the Oreshnik as a variant of the RS-26 ...

  6. Intercontinental ballistic missile - Wikipedia

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    Primary views of an R-7 Semyorka, the world's first ICBM and satellite launch vehicle. The first practical design for an ICBM grew out of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket program. . The liquid-fueled V-2, designed by Wernher von Braun 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 Lond

  7. Ukraine war: What is an intercontinental ballistic missile ...

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    Intercontinental ballistic missiles are strategic weapons designed to deliver long-distance nuclear warheads and are an important part of Russia’s nuclear deterrent. ICBMs have a range of more ...

  8. Pentagon says North Korean missile launch was longest in ...

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    The Pentagon says North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test on Friday was the longest test in their history.

  9. Ballistic missile - Wikipedia

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    The type of ballistic missile with the greatest range is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The largest ICBMs are capable of full orbital flight . These missiles are in a distinct category from cruise missiles , which are aerodynamically guided in powered flight and thus restricted to the atmosphere.