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The WS51200 is a large 16x12 special wheeled transporter erector launcher which used some technology from the Belarusian Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant's MZKT-79221 vehicle. [1] Its large size allows the WS51200 to carry extremely heavy loads of up to 80 tons. As such, the WS51200 could easily mount a nuclear-tipped ICBM.
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology: 12,000 km 183,000 kg 4 Mt Unknown 1971 No Silo 1,000 m 39 DF-5A China China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology: 15,000 km 183,000 kg 5 Mt Active 1983 No Silo 1,000 m 40 DF-5B: China China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology: 15,000 km 183,000 kg Active 2015 Yes Silo 800m 40 DF-5C: China
A Russian Strategic Rocket Forces MZKT 79221 missile vehicle carrying an RT-2PM2 Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile. A missile vehicle, also known as a missile carrier, missile truck, or (if capable of launching) missile launcher vehicle, is a military vehicle that is purpose-built and designed to carry missiles, either for safe transportation or for launching missiles in combat.
On 13 September 2021, North Korea announced they had conducted successful flight tests of a land attack cruise missile (LACM) over the past two days. The mobile launcher appears to be the same vehicle used to carry KN-25 "oversized" rockets, both weapons likely being similar in diameter. The cruise missile could carry a conventional or nuclear ...
M1296 "Dragoon" – All M1126 vehicles will be converted to this standard or attached with 4 Hellfire missiles. M1127 reconnaissance vehicle (RV) M1129 mortar carrier (MC) M1130 command vehicle (CV) M1131 fire support vehicle (FSV) M1132 engineer squad vehicle (ESV) M1133 medical evacuation vehicle (MEV) M1134 anti-tank guided missile vehicle ...
The F/A-18 Super Hornet, like the one pictured here, can now carry a modified SM-6 missile known as the AIM-174B. The weapon has a longer range than other American air-to-air missiles and could ...
Minuteman III launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 9 February 2023.. The LGM-30 Minuteman is an American land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command.
The Hwasong-17 is assumed to be a two-stage, liquid fuelled road-mobile ICBM carried by a 22-wheeled transporter erector launcher (TEL) vehicle. The missile itself is judged from images to be 26 metres (85 ft) long with a diameter of 2.7 metres (8.9 ft).