Comparison of ICBMs

Summary

This is a comparison list of intercontinental ballistic missiles developed by various countries.

ICBMs by country edit

Legend for launch system status in below table:   Operational   Under development   Inactive   Unknown status

S No. Name Operator Manufacturer Max range Missile mass Warhead/payload[clarification needed] Status First flight MIRV Mobility Accuracy (CEP)
1 RS-28 Sarmat Russia State Rocket Center Makeyev 18,000 km 208.1 tonnes[1][2] 10,000 kg,[2] 10 * 1 Mt Active 2018 Yes Silo N/A
2 BZhRK Barguzin Russia Votkinsk 12,600 km 45-50 tonnes N/A Inactive N/A Yes Railroad N/A
3 R-36M2 Voevoda[Note 1] USSR Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant 11,000 km (or 16,000 km with a single warhead)[3] 211,400 kg[3] 10 x 800 kt / 8730 kg[3] Unknown 1986 Yes Silo 220 m
4 UR-100N UTTKh USSR Khrunichev Machine-Building Plant 10,000 km 105,600 kg 6 x 550 kt / 4350 kg Active[Note 2] 1977[4] Yes[Note 3] Silo 350-500m
5 RT-2PM Topol USSR Votkinsk Machine Building Plant 10,500 km 45,100 kg 800 kt Active 1985 No Road-mobile TEL 200–900 m
6 RT-2PM2 Topol-M Russia Votkinsk Machine Building Plant 11,000 km 47,200 kg 800 kt Active 1994 No Silo, road-mobile TEL 200 m
7 RS-24 Russia Votkinsk Machine Building Plant 12,000 km 49,000 kg 3-4 x 300 kt Active 2007 Yes Silo, road-mobile TEL 150 m
8 R-29R Russia State Rocket Center Makeyev 6,500 km 35,300 kg 3*500kt Active 1978 Yes Delta III submarine 900 m
9 R-29RK Russia State Rocket Center Makayev 6,500 km 34,388 kg 7*100kt Inactive N/A Yes Delta III submarine 900m
10 R-29RL Russia State Rocket Center Makeyev 9,000 km 35,300 kg 1*450kt Inactive N/A No Delta III submarine 900m
11 R-29RM Russia Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant 8,300 km 40,300 kg 4*200kt Inactive 1982 Yes Delta IV submarine 550m
12 R-29RMU Sineva Russia Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant 11,547 km 40 300 kg 4*500kt Active 2004 Yes (4) Delta IV submarine 250-500m
13 R-29RMU2 Layner Russia Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant 11,000 km+ 40 000 kg 4*500kt Active 2011 Yes (4) Delta IV submarine 250m
14 RSM-56 Bulava Russia Votkinsk Plant State Production Association 8000–10000 km 36,800 kg 6 x 150 kt Active 2005 Yes Borei-class submarine 350 m
15 R-7 Semyorka[Note 4] USSR Soviet Academy of Sciences 12,000 km 280,000 kg 2.9 Mt of TNT Inactive 1959 No Launch pad 5,000 m
16 R-16 USSR Khartron 11,000 km 141,000 kg 5 Mt Inactive 1961 No Silo 2,700 m
17 R-9 Desna USSR NPO Energomash
Khartron
11,000 km N/A 2.3 Mt Inactive 1961 No Silo 2,000 m
18 UR-100 USSR Khrunichev Machine-Building Plant 10,600 km 41,400 kg 1 Mt Inactive 1966 No Silo N/A
19 RT-2 USSR 10,186 km 34,000 kg 600 kt Inactive 1968 No Silo
20 MR-UR-100 Sotka USSR Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant 10,250 km 71,200 kg 4×0.4 Mt Inactive 1971 Yes Silo
21 RT-23 Molodets USSR Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 10,450 km 104,500 kg 10 x 550 kT Inactive 1986 Yes (10 ) Silo, Railroad 150–250 m
22 R-29 USSR State Rocket Center Makayev 7,700 km Inactive 1969 No Delta I submarine
23 R-39 Rif USSR Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant 8,300 km 84,000 kg 10 x 100–200 kT Inactive 1983 Yes Typhoon-class submarine N/A
24 Minuteman III US Boeing 13,000 km 35,300 kg 3 x 300 kt of TNT Active 1970 Yes Silo 200 m
25 Trident US Lockheed Martin Space Systems 7,400 km 33,142 kg 8 x 100 kt Inactive 1977 Yes Ohio-class submarine 380 m <
26 Atlas[Note 5] US Consolidated Vultee Aircraft (Convair) 14,500 km Inactive 1959 No
27 Titan I US Glenn L. Martin Company 10,200 km 105,140 kg 3.75 Mt Inactive 1959 No Silo
28 Titan II US Glenn L. Martin Company 15,000 km 154,000 kg 9 Mt Inactive 1962 No Silo
29 Minuteman I US Boeing 1.2 Mt Inactive 1961 No Silo 200 m
30 Minuteman II US Boeing 1.2 Mt Inactive 1965 No Silo
31 LGM-118 Peacekeeper US Boeing, Martin Marietta, TRW, 14,000 km 96,750 kg 10 x 300 kt Inactive 1983 Yes Silo 120 m
32 Midgetman US Martin Marietta 11,000 km 13,600 kg 475 kT Inactive 1992 No Small ICBM Hard Mobile Launcher[5] 90 m
33 Trident II United Kingdom and United States Lockheed Martin Space Systems 11,300 km+ 58,500 kg 8 x 475 kt or 14 * 100 kt Active 1987 Yes Ohio-class and
Vanguard-class submarines
90–120 m
34 M4 France EADS SPACE Transportation 5,000 km 36,000 kg 6 x 150 kt Inactive 1985 Yes Le Redoutable-class submarine
35 M45 France Aérospatiale/EADS SPACE Transportation 6,000 km 35,000 kg 6 x 110 kt TNT Active 1986 Yes Triomphant-class submarine 350 m
36 M51.1 France EADS Astrium Space Transportation 10,000 km (or more) 52,000 kg 6 to 10 x 100 kt of TNT Active 2006 Yes Triomphant-class submarine 150-200m
37 M51.2 France EADS Astrium Space Transportation 10,000 km (or more) 52,000 kg 6 to 10 x 150kt of TNT (new Tête nucléaire océanique) Under development Yes Triomphant-class submarine
38 DF-5 China China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology 12,000 km 183,000 kg 4 Mt Unknown 1971 No Silo 1,000 m
39 DF-5A China China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology 15,000 km 183,000 kg 5 Mt Active 1983 No Silo 1,000 m
40 DF-5B China China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology 15,000 km 183,000 kg 3 to 8 Active 2015 Yes Silo 800m
40 DF-5C China China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology 15,000 km 183,000 kg 10 * 1 Mt Active 2015 Yes Silo 800m
41 DF-4 China Factory 211 (Capital Astronautics Co.) 7,000 km 82,000 kg 3.3 Mt Inactive 1975 No Silo 1,500 m
41 DF-4A China Factory 211 (Capital Astronautics Co.) 7,000 km 82,000 kg 3*1 Mt Inactive 1975 Yes Silo 1,500 m
42 DF-31 China Academy of Rocket Motors Technology (ARMT) 8,000 km 42,000 kg 1 Mt Active 1999
(Reported)
No Road-mobile TEL 150m
43 DF-31A China Academy of Rocket Motors Technology (ARMT) 12,000 km 42,000 kg 3*20 or 90 or 150 kt Active 2007 Yes Road-mobile TEL 150m
44 DF-41 China China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology 12,000 km-15,000 km 80 000 kg 10*1 Mt Active 2012[citation needed] Yes Road-mobile TEL/ Rail-mobile 100–150 m
45 JL-2 China Factory 307 (Nanjing Dawn Group) ~7200 km 42,000 kg 1*1 Mt or 3 * 20/90/150 kt Active 2001
(Believed)
Yes Type 094 Jin-class submarine 500 m
46 JL-3 China Factory 307 (Nanjing Dawn Group) 9000-12,000 km Under development Yes Type 096 submarineType 094A (speculated)
47 Agni-V India Defence Research and Development Organisation 7,000  – 8,000 km [6] 50,000 kg 3-6 Active 2012 Yes Road mobile TEL, Rail Mobile <10 m (single digit accuracy)
[7]
48 Agni-VI India Defence Research and Development Organisation 11,000  – 12,000 km 55,000  - 70,000 kg 10 Under development 2022 Yes Road mobile TEL, Rail Mobile <10 m (single digit accuracy)
[8]
49 Surya India Defence Research and Development Organisation 12,000  – 16,000 km 55,000  - 70,000 kg 10-15 Unknown N/A Yes Road mobile TEL, Rail Mobile <15 m (single digit accuracy)
50 KN-08 North Korea 1,500 – 12,000 km
(Speculated)[9]
Unknown
[10]
2012 No Silo
51 Hwasong-14 North Korea 6,700 – 10,000 km
[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
33,800 kg[18] 500 kg[19] Under development 2017 No Road-mobile TEL N/A
52 Hwasong-15 North Korea 13,000 km
[20]
72,000 kg[21] 1,000 kg[22] Under development 2017 Maybe[23][24][25][26] Road-mobile TEL N/A
53 Jericho III Israel Israel Aerospace Industries 4,800 – 11,500 km
(Speculated)
30,000 kg 750 kg single or MIRVed
(Suspected)[27]
Unknown 2008 Yes Road-mobile TEL 50m at 1000km
54 LGM-35 Sentinel United States Northrop Grumman Under Development Yes Silo

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ This is world's heaviest ICBM with a throw-weight of 8,800 kg.
  2. ^ Only in mod 4 version with 1 warhead.
  3. ^ Active only in mod 4 version with 1 warhead.
  4. ^ The world's first tested intercontinental ballistic missile.
  5. ^ The world's first operational intercontinental ballistic missile.

References edit

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