Medium-range ballistic missile

Not to be confused with Intermediate-range ballistic missile.

IRBM and MRBM missiles.

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 1,000 and 3,000 kilometres (620 and 1,860 mi). ^[1] 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 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi). Roughly speaking, MRBM covers the ranges over SRBM (tactical) and under IRBM.

Specific MRBMs

China

• DF-2 – 1,250 kilometres (780 mi)
• DF-16 – 1,000–1,600 kilometres (620–990 mi)
• DF-17 – 1,800–2,500 kilometres (1,100–1,600 mi)
• DF-21 – 1,500–1,700 kilometres (930–1,060 mi)

France

• SSBS S1
• S2 (missile)

India

• Agni-II – 2,000–3,000 kilometres (1,200–1,900 mi)
• Agni-P – 1,000–2,000 kilometres (620–1,240 mi)
• Long Range – Anti Ship Missile >1,500 kilometres (930 mi) (Tested on 16 November 2024) ^{[2] [3]}

Iran

• Ashoura – 2,000–2,500 kilometres (1,200–1,600 mi)
• Emad – 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi)
• Fajr-3 – 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)(estimation)
• Fattah – 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
• Ghadr-110 – 2,000–3,000 kilometres (1,200–1,900 mi)
• Kheibar Shekan – 1400 kilometers (900 miles)
• Khorramshahr – 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) ^[4]
• Sejjil – 2,000–4,500 kilometres (1,200–2,800 mi)
• Shahab-3 – 1,000–2,000 kilometres (620–1,240 mi)
• Qassem Bassir – 1200–3000 kilometres (745–1860 mi)

Iraq

• Badr-2000 – 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

Israel

• Jericho II – 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)

Japan

• HVGP (Block 2) – 2,000–3,000 kilometres (1,200–1,900 mi) (de-facto, under development) ^[5]

North Korea

• Hwasong-7 – 1,000–1,500 kilometres (620–930 mi)
• Hwasong-9 – 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
• Hwasong-10 – 2,500–4,000 kilometres (1,600–2,500 mi)
• Pukguksong-1 – 500–2,000 kilometres (310–1,240 mi)
• Pukguksong-2 – 1,200–3,000 kilometres (750–1,860 mi)
• Pukguksong-3 – 2,500–3,000 kilometres (1,600–1,900 mi)

Pakistan

• Ababeel – 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi)
• Ghauri-I – 1,500 kilometres (930 mi)
• Ghauri-II – 1,800–2,000 kilometres (1,100–1,200 mi)
• Ghauri-III – 3,000–3,500 kilometres (1,900–2,200 mi) (Cancelled)
• Shaheen-II – 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) ^{[6] [7]}
• Shaheen-III – 2,750 kilometres (1,710 mi) ^{[8] [9]}

Turkey

• Cenk – 1,000–2,000 kilometres (620–1,240 mi)

Soviet Union

• R-5 Pobeda – 1,200 kilometres (750 mi)
• R-12 Dvina – 2,080 kilometres (1,290 mi)
• RT-15 – 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)

United States

• Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon – over 2,775 kilometres (1,724 mi)
• OpFires – around 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi)
• Pershing II – 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)
• PGM-19 Jupiter – 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi)

See also

• Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
• Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)
• Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
• Theatre ballistic missiles
• Hypersonic cruise missile

References

1. National Air and Space Intelligence Center (March 2006). "Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat" (PDF). United States Air Force. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
2. "India successfully tests first long-range hypersonic missile, joins select club". India Today. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
3. "India set to test over 1,000 km strike range anti-ship ballistic missile". ANI . 10 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
4. "Iran tests ballistic missile in defiance of UN resolution, US officials say". Fox News . 30 January 2017.
5. 内閣府 (March 2023), 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 (PDF)p. 240
6. "Test launch of Pakistan's 'Shaheen-III' surface-to-surface ballistic missile successful". 9 March 2015.
7. "Pakistan Conducts Successful test launch of Shaheen III". The Express Tribune. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
8. "Giant leap: Agni-V, India's 1st ICBM, fired successfully from canister". The Times of India. February 2015.
9. Missile Thread Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine