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  2. Comparison of ICBMs - Wikipedia

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    Small ICBM Hard Mobile Launcher [5] 90 m 33 Trident II: United Kingdom and United States Lockheed Martin Space Systems: 11,300 km+ 58,500 kg 8x 475 kt or 14x 100 kt Active 1987 Yes Ohio-class and Vanguard-class submarines: 90–120 m 34 M4: France: EADS SPACE Transportation: 5,000 km 36,000 kg 6x 150 kt Inactive 1985 Yes Le Redoutable-class ...

  3. Intercontinental ballistic missile - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Intermediate-range ballistic missile - Wikipedia

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    An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–5,500 km (1,864–3,418 miles), between a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). [1] Classifying ballistic missiles by range is done mostly for convenience. In principle there is very little difference ...

  5. What is an ICBM and how many does Russia have? - AOL

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    ICBM fired by Russia was an RS-26 Rubezh’ A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile that Ukraine says was fired at the city of Dnipro on Thursday was an RS-26 Rubezh, Ukraine’s Ukrainska ...

  6. Ballistic missile - Wikipedia

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    The R-7 Semyorka was the first intercontinental ballistic missile. [4] The largest ballistic missile attack in history took place on 1 October 2024 when the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched about 200 missiles at Israel, [5] a distance of about 1,500 kilometers. [6] [7] [8] The missiles arrived about 15 minutes after launch. [9]

  7. List of intercontinental ballistic missiles - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Explainer-What are solid-fuel missiles, and why is North ...

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    The Soviet Union fielded its first solid-fuel ICBM, the RT-2, in the early 1970s, followed by France's development of its S3, also known as SSBS, a medium-range ballistic missile. China started ...

  9. LGM-35 Sentinel - Wikipedia

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    The LGM-35 Sentinel, also known as the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), is a future American land-based intercontinental ballistic missile system (ICBM) currently in the early stages of development. [3] [4] It is slated to replace all 450 Minuteman III missiles from 2029 through 2075. The Minuteman missiles are currently stationed in ...