A theatre ballistic missile (TBM) is any ballistic missile with a range less than 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi),[1] used against targets "in-theatre". Its range is thus between that of tactical and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The term is a relatively new one, encompassing the former categories of short-range ballistic missile and medium-range ballistic missile.[2] Examples of this type of in-theatre missile are the Soviet RT-15, TR-1 Temp and American PGM-19 Jupiter missile, both from the 1960s.
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Specific types of TBMs (current, past and under development) include:
China
- B-611 - 80–260 kilometres (50–162 mi)[3]
- BP-12/A - 80–280 kilometres (50–174 mi)[4]
- Type 621 - 80–280 kilometres (50–174 mi)[5][6]
- Type 631 - 400 kilometres (250 mi)[7]
- DF-11 - 280–300 kilometres (170–190 mi)[8]
- DF-12/M20 - 280 kilometres (170 mi)[9]
- DF-15 - 600–800 kilometres (370–500 mi)[10]
- DF-2 - 1,250 kilometres (780 mi)[11]
- DF-16 - 800–1,000 kilometres (500–620 mi)[12]
- DF-17 - 1,800–2,500 kilometres (1,100–1,600 mi)[13]
- DF-21 - 1,500–1,700 kilometres (930–1,060 mi) (China)
, (Saudi Arabia)
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France
- Hadès - 480 kilometres (300 mi)
- Pluton - 120 kilometres (75 mi)
- SE.4200 - 100 kilometres (62 mi)
- SSBS S1
India
- Agni I - 700–900 kilometres (430–560 mi)
- K-15 - 750 kilometres (470 mi)
- Prahaar - 150 kilometres (93 mi)
- Pragati - 170 kilometres (110 mi) (planned)
- Pralay - 150–500 kilometres (93–311 mi)
- Pranash - 200 kilometres (120 mi) (planned)
- Prithvi I - 150 kilometres (93 mi)
- Prithvi II - 250–350 kilometres (160–220 mi)
- Prithvi III - 350–750 kilometres (220–470 mi)
- Shaurya - 700–1,900 kilometres (430–1,180 mi)
- Agni II - 2,000–3,000 kilometres (1,200–1,900 mi)
- Agni-P - 1,000–2,000 kilometres (620–1,240 mi)
Iran
- Ashoura - 2,000–2,500 kilometres (1,200–1,600 mi)
- Emad - 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi)
- Fajr-3 - 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)(estimation)
- Ghadr-110 - 2,000–3,000 kilometres (1,200–1,900 mi)
- Khorramshahr (missile) - 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) [16][17]
- Sejjil - 2,000–4,500 kilometres (1,200–2,800 mi)
- Shahab-3 - 1,000–2,000 kilometres (620–1,240 mi)
Iraq
Israel
Nazi Germany
North Korea
- Hwasong-9 - 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)
- Hwasong-10/RD-B Musudan - 2,500–4,000 kilometres (1,600–2,500 mi)
- Pukkuksong-1 - 500–2,000 kilometres (310–1,240 mi)
- Pukkuksong-2 - 1,200–3,000 kilometres (750–1,860 mi)
- Pukkuksong-2 - 2,500–3,000 kilometres (1,600–1,900 mi)
- Rodong-1 - 1,000–1,500 kilometres (620–930 mi)
Pakistan
- Ababeel - 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi)
- Ghauri-I - 1,500 kilometres (930 mi)
- Ghauri-II - 1,800–2,000 kilometres (1,100–1,200 mi)
- Ghauri-III - 3,000–3,500 kilometres (1,900–2,200 mi) (Cancelled)
- Shaheen-II - 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)[20][21]
- Shaheen-III - 2,750 kilometres (1,710 mi)[22][23]
Serbia
South Korea
Soviet Union/
Russia
Taiwan
Turkey
Ukraine
United States
Yemen
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