Medium-range ballistic missile

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IRBM and MRBM missiles.

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 km.[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 km.

Specific MRBMs
 Agni II (2,000–3,000 km) (India)
 Shaheen-III[2](2,750 km) Pakistan[3]
 Shaheen-II (2,500 km) Pakistan[4][5]
[6]
 Agni I (700–1,250 km) (India)
 Ghauri-I (1,200 km) (Pakistan)
 Ghauri-II (1,800 km) (Pakistan)
 Shaheen-I (750 km) (Pakistan)
 Shaheen-IA (1,500 km) (Pakistan)
 DF-2 (1,250 km) (China)
 DF-21 (1,700+ km) (China)
 Jericho II (1,300 km) (Israel)
 Rodong-1 (900–1,300 km) (North Korea)
 Rodong-2 (North Korea)
 RD-B Musudan (North Korea) (minimum range)
 KN-11 (North Korea) (minimum range)
 KN-08 (North Korea) (minimum range)
 Ghadr-110 (2,000–3,000 km) (Iran)
 Shahab-3 (2,100 km) (Iran)
 Fajr-3 (2,500 km(estimation)) (Iran)
 Ashoura (2,000–2,500 km) (Iran)
 Sejjil (2,000–2,500 km) (Iran)
  SS-3 Shyster (1,200 km) (Soviet Union)
 SS-4 Sandal (2,100 km) (Soviet Union)
 PGM-19 Jupiter (2,410 km) (USA)
 MGM-31 Pershing (1,770 km) (USA)
 SSBS S1 (France)

See also
 Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
 Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)
 Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
 theatre ballistic missiles

References
1. National Air and Space Intelligence Center (March 2006). "Ballistic and Cruise Missile
Threat" (PDF). United States Air Force. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
2. "Pakistan Conducts Successful test launch of Shaheen III". Express Tribune. 9 March
2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
3. http://www.mid-day.com/articles/test-launch-of-pakistans-shaheen-iii-surface-to-surface-
ballistic-missile-successful/16046188
4. "Giant leap: Agni-V, India’s 1st ICBM, fired successfully from canister".
5. Missile Thread
6. http://www.aame.in/2012/11/nuclear-capable-agni-1-ballistic.html

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