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1Submarine-launched ballistic missile — A Trident II D5 nuclear missile. It is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads up to 8,000 km. They are carried by 14 US Navy Ohio class submarines and 4 Royal Navy Vanguard class submarines A submarine launched ballistic missile… …
2intercontinental ballistic missile — noun a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑ICBM • Hypernyms: ↑ballistic missile • Hyponyms: ↑Minuteman * * * any supersonic missile that has a range of at least 3500 nautical mi. (6500… …
3Intermediate-range ballistic missile — Missile balistique Tir d un missile Titan II depuis son silo; cet engin fut opérationnel à partir de 1962. Un missile balistique est un missile dont une partie de la trajectoire est balistique, c est à dire influencée uniquement par la gravité et …
4Intercontinental ballistic missile — An intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is a long range (greater than 5,500 km or 3,500 miles) ballistic missile typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery, that is, delivering one or more nuclear warheads. Due to their great range… …
5Missile Defense Agency — MDA Agency overview Formed 2002 Preceding agencies …
6Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States — The Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, also called the Rumsfeld Commission,[1] was an independent commission formed by the US Congress to evaluate the ballistic missile threat posed to the United States. The… …
7Anti-ballistic missile — An anti ballistic missile (ABM) is a missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (a missile for missile defense). A ballistic missile is used to deliver nuclear, chemical, biological or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory.… …
8Short-range ballistic missile — A short range ballistic missile (SRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of about 1000 km or less. They are usually capable of carrying nuclear weapons. In potential regional conflicts, these missiles would be used because of the short… …
9Fajr-3 ballistic missile — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name = Fajr 3 type = Strategic MRBM vehicle range = Unknown (estimated 2500) filling = Three yield = engine = liquid guidance = cep = speed = length = diameter = weight = payload capacity = manufacturer = Iran unit… …
10Missile Balistique — Tir d un missile Titan II depuis son silo; cet engin fut opérationnel à partir de 1962. Un missile balistique est un missile dont une partie de la trajectoire est balistique, c est à dire influencée uniquement par la gravité et la friction… …
