Medium-range ballistic missile

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A medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) is a type of ballistic missile with medium range, this last classification depending on the standards of certain organizations. Within the U.S. Department of Defense, a medium-range missile is defined by having a maximum range of between {{convert|1000|and|3,000|km}}.{{cite web|title=Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat|url=http://www.nukestrat.com/us/afn/NASIC2006.pdf|publisher=United States Air Force|access-date=22 October 2012|author=National Air and Space Intelligence Center|date=March 2006}} In modern terminology, MRBMs are part of the wider grouping of theatre ballistic missiles, which includes any ballistic missile with a range of less than {{convert|3500|km}}. Roughly speaking, MRBM covers the ranges over SRBM (tactical) and under IRBM.

Specific MRBMs

DF-2 – {{Convert|1,250|km|mi}}
DF-16 – {{convert|1000-1,600|km|mi}}
DF-17 – {{Convert|1,800–2,500|km|mi}}
DF-21 – {{Convert|1,500-1,700|km|mi}}

Agni-II – {{Convert|2,000–3,000|km|mi}}
Agni-P – {{Convert|1,000-2,000|km|mi}}
Long Range – Anti Ship Missile >{{convert|1500|km}} (Tested on 16 November 2024){{Cite web |date=2024-11-17 |title=India successfully tests first long-range hypersonic missile, joins select club |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-long-range-hypersonic-missile-drdo-army-rajnath-singh-test-trial-2634622-2024-11-17?utm_source=washare&utm_medium=socialicons&utm_campaign=shareurltracking |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=India Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-10 |title=India set to test over 1,000 km strike range anti-ship ballistic missile |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/india-set-to-test-over-1000-km-strike-range-anti-ship-ballistic-missile20241110194006/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=ANI}}

Ashoura – {{Convert|2,000–2,500|km|mi}}
Emad – {{Convert|1,700|km|mi}}
Fajr-3 – {{Convert|2,500|km|mi}}(estimation)
Fattah – {{Convert|1,400|km|mi}}
Ghadr-110 – {{Convert|2,000–3,000|km|mi}}
Kheibar Shekan – 1400 kilometers (900 miles)
Khorramshahr – {{Convert|2000|km|mi}}{{Cite web |date=2017-01-30 |title=Iran tests ballistic missile in defiance of UN resolution, US officials say |website=Fox News |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-tests-ballistic-missile-in-defiance-of-un-resolution-us-officials-say/}}
Sejjil – {{Convert|2,000–4,500|km|mi}}
Shahab-3 – {{Convert|1,000-2,000|km|mi}}
Qassem Bassir – 1200–3000 kilometres (745–1860 mi)

Badr-2000 – {{Convert|1000|km|mi}}

Jericho II – {{Convert|1,300|km|mi}}

HVGP (Block 2) – {{Convert|2,000-3,000|km|mi}} (de-facto, under development){{Citation|author=内閣府|date=March 2023|title=シンクタンク機能の試行事業の成果物　資料6　広範囲調査分析|url=https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/stmain/pdf/20230314thinktank/seikabutsu/shiryou6-1-02.pdf}}p. 240

Hwasong-7 – {{Convert|1,000–1,500|km|mi}}
Hwasong-9 – {{Convert|1,000|km|mi}}
Hwasong-10 – {{Convert|2,500-4,000|km|mi}}
Pukguksong-1 – {{Convert|500-2,000|km|mi}}
Pukguksong-2 – {{Convert|1,200-3,000|km|mi}}
Pukguksong-3 – {{Convert|2,500-3,000|km|mi}}

Ababeel – {{Convert|2,200|km|mi}}
Ghauri-I – {{Convert|1,500|km|mi}}
Ghauri-II – {{Convert|1,800-2,000|km|mi}}
Ghauri-III – {{Convert|3,000-3,500|km|mi}} (Cancelled)
Shaheen-II – {{Convert|2,500|km|mi}}{{Cite web |date=2015-03-09 |title=Test launch of Pakistan's 'Shaheen-III' surface-to-surface ballistic missile successful |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/test-launch-of-pakistans-shaheen-iii-surface-to-surface-ballistic-missile-successful/16046188}}{{cite web |date=9 March 2015 |title=Pakistan Conducts Successful test launch of Shaheen III |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/850293/pakistan-conducts-successful-test-launch-of-shaheen-iii-missile/ |access-date=9 March 2015 |publisher=The Express Tribune}}
Shaheen-III – {{Convert|2,750|km|mi}}{{cite news |title=Giant leap: Agni-V, India's 1st ICBM, fired successfully from canister |newspaper=The Times of India |date=February 2015 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Giant-leap-Agni-V-Indias-1st-ICBM-fired-successfully-from-canister/articleshow/46074237.cms}}[http://missilethreat.com/missiles/haft-6/ Missile Thread] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316061712/http://missilethreat.com/missiles/haft-6/|date=2015-03-16}}

Cenk – {{Convert|1000|km|mi}}

R-5 Pobeda – {{Convert|1,200|km|mi}}
R-12 Dvina – {{Convert|2,080|km|mi}}
RT-15 – {{Convert|2,500|km|mi}}

Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon – over {{Convert|2775|km|mi}}
OpFires – around {{Convert|1609|km|mi}}
Pershing II – {{Convert|1,770|km|mi}}
PGM-19 Jupiter – {{Convert|2,400|km|mi}}

References

Category:Ballistic missiles

Medium-range ballistic missile

Specific MRBMs

See also

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