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The type of ballistic missile with the greatest range is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The largest ICBMs are capable of full orbital flight . These missiles are in a distinct category from cruise missiles , which are aerodynamically guided in powered flight and thus restricted to the atmosphere.
The components of a B83 nuclear bomb used by the United States. This is a list of nuclear weapons listed according to country of origin, and then by type within the states. . The United States, Russia, China and India are known to possess a nuclear triad, being capable to deliver nuclear weapons by land, sea and
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.
R-7 Semyorka intercontinental ballistic missile (USSR/Russia; Cold War) (NATO name SS-6 Sapwood) R-9 Desna intercontinental ballistic missile (USSR/Russia; Cold War) (NATO name SS-8 Sasin) R-11 Zemlya tactical ballistic missile (USSR; Cold War) (NATO name SS-1b Scud) R-12 Dvina theatre ballistic missile (USSR; Cold War) (NATO name SS-4 Sandal)
Subroc launch sequence, 1964. Subroc in Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. SUBROC was one of several weapons recommended for implementation by Project Nobska, a 1956 summer study on submarine warfare. [4]
Russia updated its nuclear armed Soviet era anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system, known as the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system in 1995. It is believed that the, in development successor to the nuclear A-135, the A-235 Samolet-M , will dispense with nuclear interception warheads and instead rely on a conventional hit-to-kill capability to ...
Images taken by commercial satellite firm Planet Labs of the Modarres military base in March and the Khojir missile production complex in April show more than 30 new buildings at the two sites ...
Short-range air-to-air missile: AIM-120 AMRAAM: United States: Medium-range air-to-air missile: Derby: Israel: Medium-range air-to-air missile: Active radar homing missile Python 3: Israel: Short-range air-to-air missile: In limited use Python 4: Israel: Short-range air-to-air missile: Python 5: Israel: Short-range air-to-air missile: Latest ...