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Ballistic missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Long and medium range ballistic missiles are generally designed to deliver nuclear warheads because their payload is too limited for conventional explosives to be efficient. Medium to short range missiles are often called tactical or theatre ballistic missiles (TBM). Ballistic missiles can vary widely in range and use, and are often divided into categories based on range. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ballistic_missile   (446 words)

Range of a Ballistic Missile Ballistic missiles have been the preferred weapon because they are long range missiles and are of strategic intimidation for rouge regimes seeking to exert political and strategic leverage far in excess of what they would otherwise be able to bear using their conventional military assets. Such a weapon has a ballistic trajectory over most of its flight path and categorized according to their range, maximum distance measured along the surface of the earth's geometric surface from the point of launch of a ballistic missile to the point of impact to the intended destination. Ballistic missiles are seen in many regimes, which do not otherwise possess the ability to project military power much beyond their own borders as weapons capable of creating fear and terror in opponents even if these opponents are economically and militarily stronger. hypertextbook.com /facts/2003/AliciaWhite.shtml   (336 words)

Agni [Strategic Ballistic Missile] The control over the 700-km-range Agni A-I missile is expected to pass on to the 334th and 444th missile groups of the Indian Army. Agni-III is a IRBM (5500 km range, 1200 kg payload) Agni-IIAT is a IRBM (3900 km range, 1000 kg payload) www.bharat-rakshak.com /MISSILES/Agni.html   (8086 words)

Submarine Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (SLIRBM) Intermediate range ballistic missiles, including their payloads, and all of the launcher subsystem except for electronics, are to be contained within the 86 inch diameter TRIDENT missile launch tube 10. Payload weights, diameters and length to be consistent with missile dimensions and range 6. The Department of Defense doe not plan to pursue a common ICBM/SLBM ballistic missile. www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/systems/slirbm.htm   (801 words)

Equipment Matchups: Artillery - Ballistic Missile The solid-fueled CSS-5 / DF-21 medium range ballistic missile is normally deployed with a nuclear warhead at a CEP of 1,300 feet. The Ching Feng missile is similar to the U.S. Lance short-range ballistic missile. The missile carried a single nuclear warhead, estimated to be 1 to 3 megatons in size. www.emeraldesigns.com /matchup/artillery3.htm   (1067 words)

MSN Encarta - Search Results - Intermediate-range ball... The baritone voice is the male singing voice intermediate between the bass and the tenor, having a... During 1960 the nation and the world were made increasingly aware of America's growing missile power. Baritone, a voice range and a wind instrument. encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Intermediate-range+ball...   (141 words)

North Korea has new intermediate-range missile: US source If the missile's characteristics are confirmed, its deployment will represent a major boost for North Korea's arsenal, which at the moment consists primarily of several variations of aging Scud missiles and the 1,300-kilometer-range (806-mile) No Dong, which, according to the CIA, remains the longest-range ballistic missile Pyongyang has actually deployed. A missile is normally classified as intermediate if it has a range of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers (310-3,410 miles). The source said the new missile was land-based, did not have the range to reach the United States, and was designed "to complement" North Korea's existing arsenal. www.spacedaily.com /2003/030911060058.wz3iippd.html   (487 words)

www.ghalib.com/India launches Agni According to by Mr Mahajan, Agni-II IRBM (Intermediate range ballistic missile) has a range of 2,000 kilometres. The Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said the advanced version of Agni-II, India's Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile which was test-fired on April 11, was developed as a defensive step and was not meant for aggression against any country. It is not understood why India found it essential to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile at this particular point in time, when peace talks are underway between India and Pakistan. www.millat.com /ghalibcom/opinion/india_launches_agni.htm   (1397 words)

Rediff On The NeT: Ghauri highlights need to refashion security measures Also, the quick development of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile by Pakistan, which is said to be capable of delivering conventional, chemical and nuclear warheads, is another unmistakable pointer to continuing Sino-Pak collaboration in Islamabad's missile development programme. Ballistic missiles, per se, are understood to have received a greater degree of attention after the 1991 Gulf war when the Iraqi Scud missile highlighted the kind of anxiety that trans-border military capability could induce even among militarily powerful nations. Pakistan is perceived to have acquired missile capability in the late 1980s, and the Hatf series is averred to be a variation of the Chinese M-11/M-9 family. www.rediff.com /news/1998/apr/07ghaur1.htm   (312 words)

Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile "Pakistan this morning carried out another successful test of the indigenously produced intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf V (Ghauri)," the statement said. In March, Pakistan test-fired the Shaheen II ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km (1,250 miles). The missile was developed by Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan's main uranium-enrichment facility, which was named for Abdul Qadeer Khan, the once-revered as the father of the country's atom bomb. www.rense.com /general58/cncue.htm   (341 words)

Chinese Defence Today - DF-3 (CSS-2) Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile Developed in the 1960, it is China's first intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). The missile was aimed to have a maximum range of 2,500km, which is sufficient to attack US bases in Eastern Asia. The missile has a payload of 2,000kg, which was expected to be the weight of the hydrogen bomb under development in China at that time. www.sinodefence.com /missile/nuclear/df3.asp   (657 words)

LAND-BASED BALLISTIC MISSILES The Agni 1 intermediate-range ballistic missile, in its launch stand The second Agni stage is a version of the Prithvi ballistic missile, using the liquid-propellant motor system developed for Prithvi, with a length of 6 m and a weight of 3,500 kg. The missile is controlled during the boost phase by four moving control fins at the rear, and by secondary injection thrust vector control. www.aeronautics.ru /archive/wmd/ballistic/ballistic/agni-2-01.htm   (1632 words)

Thor Missile - Strategic Air Command Thor was the free world's first operational intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM). SAC activated the new 705th Strategic Missile Wing at Lakenheath RAF Station on February 20, 1958, and assigned it to the 7th Air Division It was soon moved to South Ruislip where it merged with Headquarters 7th Air Division. However, some of the missiles were modified and used extensively for space research, either as a single-stage booster or in combination with various types of upper stages for such projects as the Tiros, Telstar, Pioneer, and Discoverer programs. strategic-air-command.com /missiles/Thor/Thor_Missile_Home_Page.htm   (406 words)

Spaceflight :Ballistic Missile Defense This threat prompted greater focus on so-called “theater” ballistic missile defenses to shoot down shorter-range missiles like the Scud, which are slower and easier to hit than ICBMs. The first serious study of what was called an “anti-missile missile” dates to as early as 1956, when a U.S. scientific group evaluated the challenges of shooting down ballistic missile warheads. Missile warheads are so small and travel so fast that it is virtually impossible for a defensive weapon to hit them-a fact that remains almost as true today as it was during the 1950s. www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/SPACEFLIGHT/missile_defense/SP39.htm   (1561 words)

Arms Control Association: Fact Sheets: Worldwide Ballistic Missile Inventories Iraqi missiles with ranges in excess of 150 kilometers, as well as Iraq's capability to develop and produce them, were to be destroyed as part of the settlement that ended the 1991 Persian Gulf War. SLBM is an acronym for a Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile For each country, the chart details the type of missile, its operational status, and the best-known estimates of the missiles' range and payload. www.armscontrol.org /factsheets/missiles.asp   (937 words)

BBC News Monitoring Pakistan to unveil new ballistic missile next March - report report Pakistan's newly-developed intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), known as Ghauri, will be unveiled next March on Pakistan Day, the Indian news agency PTI reported from Islamabad on Saturday, quoting a Pakistani report. PTI said the missile, which has a range of up to 2,000 km, can carry nuclear or chemical warheads and can be targeted at "every major Indian city". Pakistan to unveil new ballistic missile next March - report news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/monitoring/44405.stm   (228 words)

BBC NEWS South Asia India tests ballistic missile Agni-1 is an intermediate range ballistic missile which can be fired from mobile launchers. Pakistan has an intermediate range nuclear capable missile system India has successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile with a range of up to 800 kilometres (500 miles). news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/2641157.stm   (480 words)

Muslim American Society Pakistan test-fired its Hatf V (Ghauri) intermediate-range ballistic missile, which is capable of carrying nuclear weapons, on October 12. test-fired the Shaheen II ballistic missile with a range of 1,250 miles and capable of carrying nuclear warheads, reports Reuters. The Hatf V (Ghauri), with a range of 932 miles and can carry a payload of 1,985 lbs, and is capable of hitting most Indian cities, was test-fired as "part of a series of tests planned for the Ghauri missile system." www.masnet.org /news.asp?id=1757   (761 words)

Navy eyes submarine-launched intermediate range ballistic missile The idea of a submarine-launched intermediate range ballistic missile is being studied by the Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) unit. This is less than half the diameter of a long-range Trident intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), according to John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, an independent defense-oriented operation based in Alexandria. And, if you were going to design a new class, would it really be [like] the Ohio?" Pike said a sub-launched IRBM would be a departure from the thrust of fleet ballistic missile program, which has been toward longer ranges. www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2003/030902-sub01.htm   (451 words)

Pakistan News PakTribune.Com India has begun integrating the 3,000 km range Agni III Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) with an aim to test the missile this year, V K Aatre, the Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, said Friday. Pakistan conducted a second successful test of the its Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Hatf V (Ghauri), as part of a series of tests planned for the Ghauri missile system. RAWALPINDI, June 05 (Online): Pakistan conducted a second successful test of the its Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Hatf V (Ghauri), as part of a series of tests planned for the Ghauri missile system. www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=66829   (807 words)

India to test intermediate range missile - (United Press International) Bangalore, India, Jun. 4 (UPI) -- India plans to test a 3,000-kilometer intermediate range ballistic missile later this year, officials said Friday. India to test intermediate range missile - (United Press International) Since May 29, Pakistan tested two medium range missiles, each with a range of 1,500 kilometers and both capable of carrying nuclear weapons. www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20040604-065018-3629r.htm   (177 words)

U.S. Navy Contracts Alliant, LockMart To Develop New SLIRBM System The project is part of the U.S. Navy's Submarine-Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile System program. Alliant Techsystems and Lockheed Martin have been awarded a $9.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Program to develop a new Submarine-Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile system, or SLIRBM, Alliant announced Tuesday. "The AGM-142E missile has the longest range of the air to ground weapons currently available within the ADF and is capable of engaging a wide range of targets from more than 50 kilometers (30 miles) away," he said. www.spacewar.com /news/missiles-05zzn.html   (890 words)

Untitled Document The Thor was America's first Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The operational Thor IRBMs were deployed in England from December, 1958 until 1963, when they were recalled due to the new operational status of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) Atlas and Titan. Thor later became the first ballistic missile to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. www.space.edu /libraryresearch/swanson/Exhibits/Thor.htm   (190 words)

Special Powers Wilson's orders covered the long-range ballistic missile program, which included two ICBMs and two IRBMs. To direct the program from the top level, a joint Army-Navy Ballistic Missile Committee (or January-BMC) was established, with the Secretary of the Navy serving as Chairman and the Secretary of the Army as Vice Chairman. The Soviets made dramatic breakthroughs in nuclear fission, and their concentration on missiles and rocketry had become common knowledge. www.redstone.army.mil /history/abmaspec/abma.html   (578 words)

Chrysler SM-78 Jupiter - US Air Force Museum Bomber Virtual Aircraft Gallery The Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) was developed by the Army's Ballistic Missile Agency at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, under Dr. Wernher von Braun. However, in 1956 the Department of Defense limited the Army's operational employment of missiles to those with less than a 200-mile range and when the Jupiter became operational in 1959, it was placed under USAF control. As more advanced missiles were developed, the Jupiter became out-dated and in 1963 it was withdrawn from military use. www.wpafb.af.mil /cgi-bin/quiz.pl/research/bombers/b5/b5-74.htm   (308 words)

IRANIANS TEST INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE Speaker, when just a couple of days ago the Iranians tested an intermediate range ballistic missile, one that has the range to strike Israel, our administration was once more embarrassed, because they had predicted a number of times that the Iranians could not achieve this capability until sometime late next year. With the same urgency with which our enemies are building the ballistic missiles, we must act with the same urgency to build defenses against those missiles. He is working on a piece of missile defense legislation. www.house.gov /hunter/stm2-msl.htm   (163 words)

"Iran's Shihab-3 Missile" (August 2000) A derivation of North Korea's Nodong-1 surface-to-surface missile, the Shihab-3 is a single stage, intermediate range ballistic missile powered by liquid fuel. Experts have also estimated that Iran will develop a long-range ballistic missile, the Shihab-5, capable of reaching targets in the United States, by 2010. Developing a reliable biological warhead is also difficult, because of the need to insulate the components from degradation when the missile re-enters the atmosphere (Iraq, however, was said to have made remarkable progress in overcoming this problem). www.meib.org /articles/0008_me2.htm   (894 words)

USATODAY.com - Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable missile Pakistan's military in a statement confirmed the test saying: "Pakistan this morning carried out another successful test of the indigenously produced intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Hatf V (Ghauri) as part of a series of tests planned for the Ghauri Missile System." "The new version of the Ghauri V missile, which was test-fired today, has a range of 930 miles, and can hit most cities in India," a senior defense official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test-fired a medium-range, nuclear-capable missile that would be able to hit most cities in neighboring India, but defense officials said the test was not intended as a message to its South Asian rival. www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-10-12-pakistan-missile_x.htm   (383 words)

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