Medium-range ballistic missile

Not to be confused with Intermediate-range ballistic missile.

A medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) is a type of ballistic missile with medium range, this last classification depending on the standards of certain organizations. Within the U.S. Department of Defense, a medium-range missile is defined by having a maximum range of between 1,000 and 3,000 kilometres (620 and 1,860 mi).^[1] In modern terminology, MRBMs are part of the wider grouping of theatre ballistic missiles, which includes any ballistic missile with a range of less than 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi). Roughly speaking, MRBM covers the ranges over SRBM (tactical) and under IRBM.

IRBM and MRBM missiles.

Specific MRBMs

 China

• DF-2 – 1,250 kilometres (780 mi)
• DF-16 – 1,000–1,600 kilometres (620–990 mi)
• DF-17 – 1,800–2,500 kilometres (1,100–1,600 mi)
• DF-21 – 1,500–1,700 kilometres (930–1,060 mi)

 France

• SSBS S1
• S2 (missile)

 India

• Agni-II – 2,000–3,000 kilometres (1,200–1,900 mi)
• Agni-P – 1,000–2,000 kilometres (620–1,240 mi)
• Long Range – Anti Ship Missile >1,500 kilometres (930 mi) (Tested on 16 November 2024)^[2][3]

 Iran

• Ashoura – 2,000–2,500 kilometres (1,200–1,600 mi)
• Emad – 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi)
• Fajr-3 – 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)(estimation)
• Fattah – 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)
• Ghadr-110 – 2,000–3,000 kilometres (1,200–1,900 mi)
• Kheibar Shekan – 1400 kilometers (900 miles)
• Khorramshahr – 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)^[4]
• Sejjil – 2,000–4,500 kilometres (1,200–2,800 mi)
• Shahab-3 – 1,000–2,000 kilometres (620–1,240 mi)
• Qassem Bassir – 1200–3000 kilometres (745–1860 mi)

 Iraq

• Badr-2000 – 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

 Israel

• Jericho II – 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)

 Japan

• HVGP (Block 2) – 2,000–3,000 kilometres (1,200–1,900 mi) (de-facto, under development)^[5]

 North Korea

• Hwasong-7 – 1,000–1,500 kilometres (620–930 mi)
• Hwasong-9 – 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
• Hwasong-10 – 2,500–4,000 kilometres (1,600–2,500 mi)
• Pukguksong-1 – 500–2,000 kilometres (310–1,240 mi)
• Pukguksong-2 – 1,200–3,000 kilometres (750–1,860 mi)
• Pukguksong-3 – 2,500–3,000 kilometres (1,600–1,900 mi)

 Pakistan

• Ababeel – 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi)
• Ghauri-I – 1,500 kilometres (930 mi)
• Ghauri-II – 1,800–2,000 kilometres (1,100–1,200 mi)
• Ghauri-III – 3,000–3,500 kilometres (1,900–2,200 mi) (Cancelled)
• Shaheen-II – 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)^[6][7]
• Shaheen-III – 2,750 kilometres (1,710 mi)^[8][9]

 Turkey

• Cenk – 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

 Soviet Union

• R-5 Pobeda – 1,200 kilometres (750 mi)
• R-12 Dvina – 2,080 kilometres (1,290 mi)
• RT-15 – 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)

 United States

• Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon – over 2,775 kilometres (1,724 mi)
• OpFires – around 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi)
• Pershing II – 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)
• PGM-19 Jupiter – 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi)

See also

• Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
• Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)
• Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
• Theatre ballistic missiles
• Hypersonic cruise missile