Intermediate-range ballistic missile

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IRBM and MRBM missiles.

An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–

5,500 km (1,864–3,418 miles), between a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) and an
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Classifying ballistic missiles by range is done mostly
for convenience, in principle there is very little difference between a low-performance ICBM and
a high-performance IRBM. The range definition used here is used within the U.S. Missile
Defense Agency. Some other sources include an additional category, the long-range ballistic
missile (LRBM), to describe missiles with a range between IRBMs and true ICBMs. The more
modern term theater ballistic missile encompasses IRBMs, MRBMs and SRBMs, including any
ballistic missile with a range under 3,500 km (2,175 mi).

IRBMs are currently operated by India, Israel, and North Korea. Other countries, such as Iran are
said to be developing them. The United States, USSR, People's Republic of China, United
Kingdom, and France were former operators.

Contents
 1 Specific IRBMs
 2 History
 3 See also
 4 References

Specific IRBMs
 S3 IRBM (3,500 km) France
 Agni-II (2,000–3,000 km) India
 Agni-III[1] (3,500–5,000 km) India[2]
 Agni-IV (3,000–4,000 km) India [3]
 K-4 (SLBM) (3,000 km) India [4][5]
 DF-3A (3,300 km) China
  DF-25 (3,200 km) China
 DF-26 (3,500–4,000 km) China
 Hera (rocket) (1,100 km) (684 mi) United States
 PGM-17 Thor (1,850–3,700 km) United States and United Kingdom
 Poseidon C3 missile (5,000 km) United States
 Jericho III (4,800–6,500 km) Israel[6][7]
 RD-B Musudan (2,500–4,000 km)(not proven) North Korea[2]
 KN-08 North Korea
 KN-11 North Korea
 Rodong-2 North Korea
 R-14 Chusovaya (4,500 km) Russia
 RSD-10 Pioneer (SS-20) (5,500 km) Russia

History
The progenitor for the IRBM was the A4b rocket winged for increased range and based on the
famous V-2 (Vergeltung, or "Reprisal", officially called A4) rocket designed by Wernher von
Braun widely used by Nazi Germany at the end of World War II to bomb English and Belgian
cities. The A4b was the prototype for the upper stage of the A9/A10 rocket. The goal of the
program was to build a missile capable of bombarding New York when launched in France or
Spain (see Amerika Bomber). A4b rockets were tested a few times in December 1944 and
January and February 1945.[8] All of these rockets used liquid propellant. The A4b used an
inertial guidance system, while the A9 would have been controlled by a pilot. They started from
a non-mobile launch pad.

Following WWII von Braun and other lead Nazi scientists were secretly transferred to the United
States to work directly for the U.S. Army through Operation Paperclip developing the V-2 into
the weapon for the United States.

See also
 Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
 List of ICBMs
 Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
 Medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)
 Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)
 Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM)
 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

References
1. DRDO plans early entry of Agni-4 into arsenal. Business Standard (2011-11-17).
Retrieved on 2013-09-07.
2. "Ballistic Missiles of the World". MissileThreat. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
 3. "Sci-Tech / Science : India to test fire Agni-V by year-end". The Hindu (Chennai, India).
2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
4. India tests 3,000 km range n-missile in secret
5. India's Nuclear Triad Finally Coming of Age
6. "Jericho 3". Missile Threat. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
7. http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl30427.pdf
8. "Die geflügelte Rakete ( A7, A9, A4b ) (in German)". V2werk-oberraderach.de. Retrieved
2011-07-15.

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Types of missile
 Air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM)
 Air-launched cruise missile (ALCM)
 Air-to-air missile (AAM)
 Air-to-surface missile (ASM)
 Ballistic missile
 Cruise missile
By  Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
platform  Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)
 Shoulder-fired missile
 Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)
 Submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM)
 Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
 Surface-to-surface missile (SSM)

 Anti-ballistic missile (ABM)

 Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT)
 Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM)
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target
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type
 Anti-tank missile (ATGM)
 Land-attack missile (LACM)

 Active radar guidance

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By  Passive homing
guidance  Track-via-missile
 Anti-radiation
 Command to line-of-sight guidance
  Command off line-of-sight guidance
 Pursuit guidance
 Beam riding
 Infrared guidance
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 Unguided rockets
 Wire guidance
 TERCOM
 DSMAC
 Inertial guidance
 Astro-inertial guidance
 Satellite guidance
 Compass

 List of military rockets

 List of missiles
 List of missiles by country
 List of anti-ship missiles
Lists
 List of anti-tank missiles
 List of ICBMs
 List of surface-to-air missiles

See also: Sounding rocket

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 Intermediate-range ballistic missiles

 Missile types

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