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This is a list of intercontinental ballistic missiles developed by various countries.
Russia
Specific types of Russian ICBMs include:
Active
Inactive
India
Surya missile : Intercontinental-ballistic missile, surface-based, solid and liquid propellant ballistic missile, 12,000–16,000 km (speculated)
[1] with MIRV capability.
Agni-VI : Road and Rail mobile ICBM, silo-based, 8,000–12,000 km with MIRVs
[2]
[3]
[4]
Agni-V : 2012, Road and Rail mobile ICBM, silo-based,
[5] 7,000–8,000 km with MIRVs (3-6 tested) (10-12 operational).
[6]
[7]
[8]
K-5 SLBM : submarine launched, 5,000–6,000 km.
[9]
[10]
[11]
K-6 SLBM : submarine launched, 8,000–12,000 km with MIRVs
[12]
[10]
United States
Active
Inactive
Atlas (SM-65, CGM-16): Former ICBM launched from silo, the rocket was modified and used in 1962-1963 for four crewed
Mercury-Atlas flights, and was used, along with the
Agena or
Centaur upper stages, as a medium-lift satellite and interplanetary probe launcher for NASA and the USAF. Original design, with "balloon tanks" and "1.5 staging," has since been retired and replaced with the
Atlas V , which has an internal structure similar to the Titan ICBM, but using conventional propellants.
Titan I (SM-68, HGM-25A): Based in underground launch complexes. Used LOX/RP-1 propellants like Atlas, but stored in conventional tanks.
Titan II (SM-68B, LGM-25C): Former hypergolic-fueled ICBM launched from silo, the rocket was used in 1965-1966 for ten crewed
Gemini flights and its two-stage core was modified into the heavy-lifting
Titan III and
Titan IV rockets. All Titan II, III, and IV models have since been retired.
Minuteman I (SM-80, LGM-30A/B, HSM-80)
Minuteman II (LGM-30F)
LGM-118 Peacekeeper / MX (LGM-118A): silo-based, with rail basing tested; decommissioned in September 2005
Midgetman : road mobile launcher; has never been operational, cancelled in 1992
In Development
China
DF (Dong Feng or East Wind) are land-based ICBMs.
DF-5, DF-5A and DF-5B (
CSS-4 ): silo based, 12,000-15,000 km,
[13] MIRV - 3 to 8
DF-41 (
CSS-X-10 ): 2017, road-mobile, maximum 12,000-15,000 km
[13]
JL-2
SLBM : 2005, submarine launched, 7,400-8,000 km
[14]
DF-31 (
CSS-9 ): 2006, road mobile, 7,250-8,000 km
DF-4 (
CSS-3 ): 1975, silo-based, 5,500 km
[13]
DF-31B : 2015, road-mobile, unknown range and MIRV capability
France
France 's proximity to Russia made only
Intermediate-range ballistic missiles and
Submarine-launched ballistic missiles necessary for strategic deterrence, while smaller warheads have been used as free-fall bombs and on airborne
cruise missiles or
short-range ballistic missiles (
Pluton and
Hadès ).
Active
France now only deploys submarine-launched ballistic missiles, with all land based IRBMs decommissioned in September 1996. The French Air Force and French Navy retain aircraft-carried nuclear-tipped cruise missiles (
ASMP-A ) to fulfill the pre-strategic role (tactical-sized weapons used as "ultimate warning" before launching an all-out strategic strike).
M51 SLBM (three variants : M51.1 from 2010; M51.2 from 2015; M51.3 projected from 2025 onwards)
Inactive
Israel
Jericho III is a road mobile
ICBM which entered service in 2008, a three-stage solid propellant missile with a payload of 1,000 to 1,300 kg with a range of 4,800 to 11,500 km
[15] (2,982 to 7,180 miles).
[16] In November 2011, Israel successfully test fired an ICBM believed to be an upgraded version of the Jericho III.
[17]
North Korea
Intercontinental-range submarine-launched ballistic missiles
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.
The
Russian Navy currently has 14
SSBNs deployed, including 3
Delta III-class submarines , 6
Delta IV-class submarines , 1
Typhoon-class submarine and 4
Borei-class submarines .
[19] Missiles include
R-29R
SLBMs ,
R-29RMU Sineva /
R-29RMU2 Liner SLBMs with
MIRV warheads and
Bulava SLBMs with MIRV warheads.
The United Kingdom's
Royal Navy has four
Vanguard -class
SSBNs , each armed with 16
Trident II
SLBMs with
MIRV warheads for a total of 64 Trident II missiles and 225 nuclear warheads.
The
French Navy has four
Triomphant -class
SSBNs each armed with 16
M45s
SLBMs with TN75
MIRV nuclear warheads. The M45 SLBMs are scheduled to be upgraded to
M51.1 and
M51.2 (expected to enter service in 2015).
The People's Republic of China's
People's Liberation Army Navy has five
Type 094
SSBNs each to be armed with 12-16
JL-2
SLBMs .
India: It was revealed in 2011 that India is developing a
submarine launch ballistic missiles based on some variants of the
Agni series , the
K Missile family which will be a series of
submarine-launched
solid fueled missiles .
K-5 missile , with a maximum range of 6,000 to 8000 kilometers and a payload of one tonne, is under development by
DRDO which may be the SLBM version of
AGNI-VI (ICBM) .
[20] India, having completed the development of its first
ballistic missile submarine
INS Arihant , is reported to be developing at least four submarines in the
Arihant class .
[21]
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