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This is a table of the most widespread or notable anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems, intended in whole or part, to counter ballistic missiles. Since many systems have developed in stages or have many iterations or upgrades, only the most notable versions are described.
An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to defend against ballistic missiles. Ballistic missiles are used to deliver nuclear , chemical , biological , or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory .
An anti-ICBM defensive ABM system was first considered by the US Army in 1955 under the name Nike II. This was essentially an upgraded version of their Nike B surface-to-air missile (SAM) along with dramatically improved radars and computers able to detect the incoming reentry vehicles (RVs) and develop tracking information while still leaving enough time for the interceptor missile to climb ...
A-135 consists of the Don-2N battle management radar and two types of ABM missiles. It gets its data from the wider Russian early-warning radar network, that are sent to the command centre which then forwards tracking data to the Don-2N radar. [4] The Don-2N radar is a large battle-management phased array radar with 360° coverage.
The Sprint was a two-stage, solid-fuel anti-ballistic missile (ABM), armed with a W66 enhanced-radiation thermonuclear warhead used by the United States Army during 1975–76. It was designed to intercept incoming reentry vehicles (RV) after they had descended below an altitude of about 60 kilometres (37 mi), where the thickening air stripped away any decoys or radar reflectors and exposed the ...
The A-350 GRAU 5V61 [4] (NATO reporting name ABM-1 Galosh, [5] formerly SH-01) was a Soviet, nuclear armed surface-to-air anti-ballistic missile. [6] The A-350 was a component of the A-35 anti-ballistic missile system. [7] Its primary mission was to destroy U.S. Minuteman and Titan intercontinental ballistic missiles targeting Moscow.
The 53T6 (NATO reporting name: ABM-3 Gazelle, previously SH-08) [1] is a USSR anti-ballistic missile. Designed in 1978 and in service since 1995, [10] it is a component of the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system. The missile is able to intercept incoming re-entry vehicles at a distance of 80 km.
Nike Zeus was an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system developed by the United States Army during the late 1950s and early 1960s that was designed to destroy incoming Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile warheads before they could hit their targets.