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Within the lists of each country, missiles are ordered by designation and/or calling name (the latter being especially relevant for Russian/Soviet missiles). In some cases multiple listings are used, in order to provide cross-references for easier navigation. This is a list of missiles developed by a particular country; a list of Military rockets.
Missile defense systems are a type of missile defense intended to shield a country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) or other ballistic missiles. The United States, Russia, India, France, Israel, Italy, United Kingdom, China and Iran have all developed missile defense systems. [ 1]
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.
160 km (max) The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system. The AN/MPQ-53 at the heart of the system is known as the ...
Weapons of mass destruction. Ukraine, formerly a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1922–1991, once hosted Soviet nuclear weapons and delivery systems on its territory. [1] The former Soviet Union had its nuclear program expanded to only four of its republics: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine.
AAM-N-4 Oriole. AASM. Abdali-I (Pakistani surface-to-surface Short-range ballistic missile) ABM-1 Galosh (NATO reporting name for the Russian/ USSR, Vympel A-350 surface-to-air Anti-Ballistic Missile) ABM-3 Gazelle (NATO reporting name for the Russian/ USSR A-135 surface-to-air Anti-Ballistic Missile) A-Darter.
Intercontinental ballistic missile. A US Peacekeeper missile launched from a silo. Minuteman III launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, United States of America on 9 February 2023. An intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi), [ 1] primarily designed for ...
Drakon, used with the IT-1missile tank that saw very little service. Taifun, a prototype missile that never saw production. 3M6 Shmel(AT-1 Snapper) 3M11 Falanga(AT-2 Swatter) 9M14 Malyutka(AT-3 Sagger) 9M111 Fagot(AT-4 Spigot) 9M112 Kobra(AT-8 Songster) – fired through smoothbore tank gun tubes of T-64and T-72tanks.