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Ballistic missiles are categorized according to their range, the maximum distance measured along the surface of the earth's ellipsoid from the point of launch of a ballistic missile to the point of impact of the last element of its payload.
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www.fas.org/nuke/intro/missile/basics.htm
www.fas.org/nuke/intro/missile/basics.htm
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Ballistic missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A ballistic missile is a missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath with the objective of delivering one or more warheads (often nuclear) to a predetermined target. The missile is only ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile
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Long-range ballistic missiles entered American military service during the late 1950s. They are called ballistic because, like the shell from a gun, they receive a brief but powerful initial impetus (from a rocket motor), then follow an unpowered ballistic trajectory after launching.
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americanhistory.si.edu/subs/weapons/ballistic/
americanhistory.si.edu/subs/weapons/ballistic/
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Anti-ballistic missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 conve...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-ballistic_missile
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Tehran (AFP) Nov 01, 2006 - Iran's Revolutionary Guards will fire off ballistic missiles with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) during war games this week, state television reported Wednesday. ... North Korea launched five short-range missiles during military exercises last week, a news report said...
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www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_To_Fire_Ballistic_Missile...
www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_To_Fire_Ballistic_Missiles_In_War_Games_999.html
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Politicians often say that the United States faces a growing threat from ballistic missiles. Yet by most measures, the threat has steadily declined over the past 20 years. ... Two dozen countries have ballistic missiles but almost all these nations are friends of the United States, and almost all have only short-range...
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www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/05/missiles.html
www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/05/missiles.html
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English: Submarine-launched ballistic missiles or SLBMs are ballistic missiles delivering nuclear weapons that are launched from submarines.
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commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submarine-launched_ballistic...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submarine-launched_ballistic_missiles
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This table represents the Carnegie Non-Proliferation Project’s best assessment of the world's ballistic missile arsenals. The Project counts 35 nations as fielding some type of ballistic missile. Missiles reported to be in development are listed in italics.
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www.carnegieendowment.org/npp/resources/ballisticmissilechart.htm
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