Theatre ballistic missile

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.

Not to be confused with Tactical ballistic missile.

Specific TBMs

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) ^[14]

 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

• Fateh-110 - 300 kilometres (190 mi)
• Fateh-313 - 500 kilometres (310 mi)
• Fateh Mobin - 300 kilometres (190 mi)
• Naze'at - 100–130 kilometres (62–81 mi)
• Qiam 1 - 700–800 kilometres (430–500 mi)
• Ra'ad-500 - 500 kilometres (310 mi)
• Samen - 750–800 kilometres (470–500 mi)
• Shahab-1 - 350 kilometres (220 mi)
• Shahab-2 - 750 kilometres (470 mi)
• Tondar-69 - 150 kilometres (93 mi)
• Zelzal-1 - 150 kilometres (93 mi)
• Zelzal-2 - 210 kilometres (130 mi)
• Zelzal-3 - 200–250 kilometres (120–160 mi)
• Zolfaghar (missile)/Zulfiqar^[15] - 700 kilometres (430 mi)

• 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

• Al Abbas - 800–950 kilometres (500–590 mi)
• Al Fat'h - 160 kilometres (99 mi)
• Al Hussein - 600–650 kilometres (370–400 mi)
• Al Hijarah - 700–900 kilometres (430–560 mi)
• Al Samoud - 180 kilometres (110 mi)
• Badr-2000 - 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

 Israel

• Jericho I - 500 kilometres (310 mi)
• LORA - 300 kilometres (190 mi)
• Predator Hawk - 300 kilometres (190 mi)
• Jericho II - 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)

 Nazi Germany

• Rheinbote - 160 kilometres (99 mi)
• V-2 missile - 320 kilometres (200 mi)^[18]

 North Korea

• Hwasong-5 - 320 kilometres (200 mi)
• Hwasong-6 - 500 kilometres (310 mi)
• Hwasong-7 - 700–995 kilometres (435–618 mi)
• Hwasong-11 - 120–220 kilometres (75–137 mi)
• KN-23 - 250–700 kilometres (160–430 mi)

• 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

• Abdali - 200 kilometres (120 mi)
• Ghaznavi - 290–320 kilometres (180–200 mi)^[19]
• Hatf-I - 70 kilometres (43 mi)
• Hatf-IA - 100 kilometres (62 mi)
• Hatf-IB - 100 kilometres (62 mi)
• Nasr - 70–90 kilometres (43–56 mi)
• Shaheen - 750 kilometres (470 mi)
• Shaheen-1 - 900 kilometres (560 mi)
• Shaheen-1 A - 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

• 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

• Šumadija (multiple rocket launcher) - 75–285 kilometres (47–177 mi)

 South Korea

• Hyunmoo-1 - 180 kilometres (110 mi)
• Hyunmoo-2A - 300 kilometres (190 mi)
• Hyunmoo-2B - 500 kilometres (310 mi)
• Hyunmoo-2C - 800 kilometres (500 mi)
• Hyunmoo-4 - 800 kilometres (500 mi)
• Hyunmoo IV-4 - 500 kilometres (310 mi)
• KTSSM - 180–290 kilometres (110–180 mi)

 Soviet Union/ Russia

• 9K720 Iskander-M - 400–500 kilometres (250–310 mi)  Russia
• OTR-21 Tochka-U - 70–185 kilometres (43–115 mi)  Soviet Union/ Russia
• OTR-23 Oka - 500 kilometres (310 mi)  Soviet Union/ Russia
• R-1 - 270 kilometres (170 mi)
• R-2 - 600–1,200 kilometres (370–750 mi)  Soviet Union
• Scud A-D - 180–700 kilometres (110–430 mi)  Soviet Union
• TR-1 Temp - 900 kilometres (560 mi)  Soviet Union

• R-5 Pobeda - 1,200 kilometres (750 mi)  Soviet Union
• R-12 Dvina - 2,080 kilometres (1,290 mi)  Soviet Union
• RT-15 - 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi)  Soviet Union

 Taiwan

• Sky Spear - 300 kilometres (190 mi)
• Sky Horse - 600–950 kilometres (370–590 mi)

 Turkey

• BORA I - 280 kilometres (170 mi)
• BORA II - 360 kilometres (220 mi)
• J-600T Yıldırım I - 150 kilometres (93 mi)
• J-600T Yıldırım II - 300 kilometres (190 mi)
• J-600T Yıldırım III - 900 kilometres (560 mi)

 Ukraine

• Hrim-2 50–500 kilometres (31–311 mi)^[24]

 United States

• Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon - over 2,775 kilometres (1,724 mi)
• MGM-18 Lacrosse - 19 kilometres (12 mi)
• MGM-31 Pershing - 740 kilometres (460 mi)
• MGM-52 Lance - 70–120 kilometres (43–75 mi)
• MGM-140 ATACMS - 128–300 kilometres (80–186 mi)
• OpFires - 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi)?^[25]
• PGM-11 Redstone - 92–323 kilometres (57–201 mi)
• Precision Strike Missile - 499 kilometres (310 mi)^[26]
• Pershing II - 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)
• PGM-19 Jupiter - 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi)

 Yemen

• Burkan-1 (modified Scud) - 800 kilometres (500 mi) (Houthis)^[27]
• Burkan-2 (modified Scud) (Houthis) - ^[28][29]
• Qaher-1 (modified S-75 Dvina) - 300 kilometres (190 mi) (Houthis)
• Qaher-M2 - 400 kilometres (250 mi) (Houthis) ^[30]

See also

• List of missiles
• Short-range ballistic missile
• Medium-range ballistic missile

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