Medium-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 km.^[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 km.

Specific MRBMs

• Agni I (700–1,250 km) (India) ^[2]
• Agni II (2,000–3,000 km) (India)
• Shaheen-III^[3](2,750 km) Pakistan^[4]
• Shaheen-II (2,500 km)  Pakistan^[5][6]
• Ababeel (2,200 km) (Pakistan)
• Ghauri-I (1,200 km) (Pakistan)
• Ghauri-II (1,800 km) (Pakistan)
• J-600T Yıldırım IV (2500 km)  Turkey - under development
• DF-2 (1,250 km) (China)
• DF-16 (1,500 km) (China)
• DF-21 (1,700+ km) (China)
• Jericho II (1,300 km) (Israel)
• Rodong-1 (1,000–1,500 km) (North Korea)
• Hwasong-10/RD-B Musudan (2,500-4,000 km) (North Korea)
• KN-08 (3,000-12,000 km) (North Korea)
• KN-11 (500-2,000 km) (North Korea)
• KN-15 (1,200-3,000 km) (North Korea)
• Pukguksong-2 (2,500-3,000 km) (North Korea)
• Ghadr-110 (2,000–3,000 km) (Iran)
• Shahab-3 (1,930 km) (Iran)
• Emad (missile) (1,700 km) (Iran)
• Fajr-3 (2,500 km(estimation)) (Iran)
• Ashoura (2,000–2,500 km) (Iran)
• Sejjil (2,000–2,500 km) (Iran)
• Khorramshahr (missile)^[7] (Unknown but flew 600 miles before exploding) (Iran)
• R-5 Pobeda (1,200 km) (Soviet Union)
• R-12 (2,080 km) (Soviet Union)
• PGM-19 Jupiter (2,400 km) (USA)
• MGM-31B Pershing 2 (1,770 km) (USA)
• SSBS S1 (France)
• Blue Streak (missile) (3,700 km)
• Hyunmoo-2C (800km-1000km+) (Korea)^[8]

See also

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

References