Ballistic Missile

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A ballistic missile is a missile that follows a sub-orbital, ballistics flightpath with the objective of delivering a warhead to a predetermined target. The missile is only guided during the relatively brief initial powered phase of flight and its course is subsequently governed by the laws of orbital mechanics and ballistics. To date, ballistic missiles have been propelled during powered flight by chemical rocket engines of various types.

A missile may be largely ballistic but be capable of some evasive maneuvering, as has been claimed for the Bulava (missile) under development. In that case the term "quasi-ballistic" is sometimes used.

The first ballistic missile was the A-4, commonly known as the V-2 rocket, developed by Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s under direction of Walter Dornberger. The first successful launch of a V-2 was on October 3, 1942 and began operation on September 6, 1944 against Paris, followed by an attack on London two days later. By the end of World War II 1945#May over 3,000 V-2s had been launched.

A ballistic missile trajectory consists of three parts: The powered flight portion, the free-flight portion which constitutes most of the flight time, and the re-entry phase where the missile re-enters the Earth's atmosphere.

Ballistic missiles can be launched from fixed sites or mobile launchers, including vehicles (Transporter erector launcher), aircraft, Navy and submarines. The powered flight portion can last from a few tens of seconds to several minutes and can consist of multiple rocket stages.

When in space and no more thrust is provided, the missile enters free-flight. In order to cover large distances, ballistic missiles are usually launched into a high sub-orbital spaceflight; for intercontinental missiles the highest altitude (apogee) reached during free-flight is about 1200 km.

The re-entry stage begins at an altitude where atmospheric drag plays a significant part in missile trajectory, and lasts until missile Impact force.

Missile types Ballistic missiles can vary widely in range and use, and are often divided into categories based on range. Various schemes are used by different countries to categorize the ranges of ballistic missiles.

Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM): range less than 1000 km; the three types of ballistic missile ever used in an attack were all in this category and had conventional explosives only:

V-2 rocket
Scud
SS-21 Scarab

Medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM): range between 1000 and 2500 km
Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM): range between 2500 and 5500 km
Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM): range greater than 5500 km, broken down into:

Limited range intercontinental ballistic missile (LRICBM): range between 5500 and 8000 km

LRICBMs are also known as Long-range ballistic missiles (LRBM)

Full range intercontinental ballistic missile (FRICBM): range between 8000 and 12,000 km

Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)

Medium to short range missiles are often called theatre or tactical ballistic missiles (TBM). Long and medium range ballistic missiles are generally designed to deliver nuclear weapon because their payload is too limited for conventional explosives to be efficient (though the US may be evaluating the idea of a conventionally-armed ICBM for near-instant global air strike capability despite the high costs).

The flight phases are like Full range intercontinental ballistic missile#Flight phases, except that for a range less than ca. 350 km there is no exoatmospheric phase.

Specific missiles 's Agni-II missile (Photo: Antônio Milena/ABr)Specific types of ballistic missiles include:

Abdali-I: Pakistan
Agni missile: India
Agni II : India
Agni III : India
Al Abbas: Iraq
Al Hijarah: Iraq
Al Hussein: Iraq
Al Hussein II : Iraq
Al Samoud : Iraq
Al Samoud II : Iraq
Badr : Pakistan
Condor missile
DF-4: China
DF-5: China
DF-21: China
DF-31: China
Ghauri: Pakistan
Ghauri-II: Pakistan
Ghauri-III : Pakistan
Ghaznavi: Pakistan
Hadès (missile): France
Hatf-I/IA: Pakistan
Jericho missile: Israel
M5 SLBM
M45 SLBM: France
M51 SLBM: France
Minuteman missile: USA
HyunMu: South Korea
Nodong-1: North Korea
Peacekeeper missile: USA
Pluton (missile): France
Polaris missile: USA
Poseidon missile: USA
Prithvi missile: India
Scud missile: Russia
Shahab-3: Iran
Shahab-4: Iran
Shahab-5: Iran
Shaheen missile: Pakistan
Shaheen-II: Pakistan
Skybolt ALBM Air-Launched Ballistic Missile (ALBM)
SS-18 missile: Russia
SS-24 missile: Russia
SS-N-23: Russia
Surya ICBM:ICBM----India
Taepodong-1: North Korea
Taepodong-2: North Korea
Trident missile
V-2 rocket

Ballistic missile submarines

Specific types of ballistic missile submarines include:

Vanguard class submarine

Resolution class submarine

Benjamin Franklin class submarine

Ohio class submarine

Triomphant class submarine

Redoutable class submarine

Xia class

Type 094 submarine

List of NATO reporting names for ballistic missile submarines