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Missile mass Payload Status First flight MIRV Mobility Accuracy 1 RS-28 Sarmat: Russia: State Rocket Center Makeyev: 18,000 km 208,100 kg [1] [2] 10,000 kg, [2] 10x 1 Mt Active 2018 Yes Silo: N/A 2 BZhRK Barguzin: Russia: Votkinsk: 12,600 km 45,000–50,000 kg N/A Inactive N/A Yes Railroad N/A 3 R-36M2 Voevoda [Note 1] USSR Yuzhny Machine ...
The DF-5 had its first flight in 1971 and was in operational service 10 years later. One of the downsides of the missile was that it took between 30 and 60 minutes to fuel. The Dong Feng 31 (a.k.a. CSS-10) is a medium-range, three-stage, solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile, and is a land-based variant of the submarine-launched JL-2.
Trident missile launch at sea from a Royal Navy Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine. The U.S. Navy currently has 18 Ohio-class submarines deployed, of which 14 are designated SSBNs and armed with 24 [citation needed] Trident II SLBMs each, for a total of 288 Trident II missiles equipped with 1,152 MIRV nuclear warheads.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles are strategic weapons designed to deliver long-distance nuclear warheads and are an important part of Russia’s nuclear deterrent. ICBMs have a range of more ...
China's test of an intercontinental ballistic missile this week, which saw the country lob the long-range weapon far out into the Pacific Ocean, was a very public display of Chinese military power ...
North Korea's last intercontinental ballistic missile, Hwasong-18, was tested in December 2023. Fuelled by solid propellant and fired from a road launcher, it shot up at a sharply raised angle and ...
This upgraded missile has a reported range of 13,200 km, [3] will allow targeting of most of the continental United States [7] and was designed with MIRV capability to hold 3 to 5 warheads, each capable of a 90 kt yield, but is thought to be armed with only one warhead with penetration and decoy aids to complicate missile defense efforts.
A Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from an undisclosed location in North Korea in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 13, 2023.