Offense | | India’s Agni ballistic missile, on parade.
| | India’s Agni II, on a launcher.
| | China’s CSS-2 ballistic missile.
| | China’s CSS-3 ballistic missile.
| | Launch of China’s CSS-6.
| | Launch of China’s CSS-2 ballistic missile.
| | China’s CSS-2 ballistic missile.
| | China’s CSS-2 ballistic missile.
| | China’s CSS-3 ballistic missile.
| | China’s CSS-6, on parade.
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| China’s DF-3 ballistic missiles.
| | Launch of China’s DF-5 ICBM.
| | China’s Dong Feng 31 (DF-31) ballistic missile, on parade.
| | China’s DF-31 ICBM.
| | Test launch of Pakistan’s Hatf-3 (Ghaznavi) SRBM, October 3, 2003. The Hatf-3 is capable of carrying nuclear warheads with a yield of 12 to 20 kilotons.
| | Comparison of various ICBMs (MDA graphic).
| | The Iskander-E is among the ballistic missiles Russia offers for export.
| | Russia’s Iskander-E aboard its transporter erector launcher.
| | China’s JL-1 ballistic missile.
| | China’s M-11 (CSS-7/DF-11) ballistic missile, range 350km, shown here on a MAZ 543 transporter erector launcher outside Beijing in 1988.
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| Comparison of various Medium Range (MRBM) and Intermediate Range (IRBM) ballistic missiles (MDA graphic).
| | India’s Prithvi ballistic missile.
| | A Scud missile aboard its launcher.
| | A Scud-B, raised on its transporter erector launcher.
| | A Scud B, prepared for launch.
| | A Scud-B aboard its transporter erector launcher (TEL).
| | Iran’s Shahab 3, on launcher for a parade.
| | Iran’s Shahab-3 MRBM, on parade September 22, 2003.
| | One version of Pakistan’s Shaheen missile, prepared for test launch.
| | Pakistan’s Shaheen 2, on parade.
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| Pakistan test-fires its Shaheen 1 (Hatf-4) ballistic missile on October 14, 2003.
| | Comparison of various submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), which are usually of intercontinetal range and armed with nuclear warheads. (MDA Graphic)
| | Comparison of various short range ballistic missiles (SRBMs).
| | Russia’s SS-1, commonly known as a Scud, versions of which have been widely proliferated the world over.
| | Russia’s SS-18, being launched.
| | Russia’s SS-21, prepared for launch.
| | Russia’s SS-21, on parade.
| | Test launch of Russia’s SS-25 ICBM.
| | Russia’s SS-27, Topol-M ICBM.
| | Russia’s SS-25, on parade.
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| Launch of Russia’s SS-18 ICBM.
| | Russia’s SS-21 “Scarab” SRBM, some versions of which are exported around the world.
| | Russia’s SS-24 ICBM, mounted for launching in its mobile railroad car.
| | Russia’s SS-25 ICBM.
| | One of Russia’s most advanced ICBMs, the SS-27 “Topol-M.”
| | The Russian SS-N-20.
| | Russia’s SS-N-23 “Skiff,” a submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile, armed with four nuclear warheads at 100 kT each.
| | The North Korea Taepo Dong 1, being test launched.
| | North Korea’s Taepo Dong I, being test launched.
| | The German V-2, which began the missile age.
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