Ballistic Missiles

A ballistic missile follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver one or more warheads on a predetermined target. These weapons are guided only during relatively brief periods—most of the flight is unpowered. Short-range ballistic missiles stay within the Earth's atmosphere, while intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are launched on a sub-orbital trajectory. These weapons are in a distinct category from cruise missiles, which are aerodynamically guided in powered flight.

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IAI: Istituto Affari Internazionali · 18 April 2024 English

Rome, IAI, April 2024, 6 p. (IAI Commentaries ; 24|17)

venturing beyond it, including intercontinental ballistic missiles, 2 The English language version of the strategy


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 16 April 2024 English

ISRAEL’s war on Gaza, now in its seventh month, has always carried the risk of spiralling into a wider regional conflagration. After all, the veneer of shadow-boxing between Israel on …

had destroyed more than 80 drones and six ballistic missiles. The ones that got through caused relatively


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 16 April 2024 English

The Middle East is on tenterhooks, again . A dangerous slide into an all-out war is being feared by most even as few seem capable of doing anything substantial to …

launched around 300 drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Israel in an unprecedented show of strength


FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 15 April 2024 English

Houthi movement used drones to overwhelm Saudi air and missile defense assets, so that the ballistic missiles fired at Saudi Arabia could “sneak through” regional air defenses. Distance, of course, matters synchronize its attack, launching its larger number of drones hours before its faster-flying ballistic missiles. The United States has access to Iraqi air space—both for missile defense and for overflight

air and missile defense assets, so that the ballistic missiles �red at Saudi Arabia could “sneak through” of drones hours before its faster- �ying ballistic missiles. The United States has access to Iraqi air


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 12 April 2024 English

Sanctions have become an increasingly central element of the EU's common and foreign security policy. At present, the EU has over 50 sanctions programmes in place, concerning nearly 40 countries. …

Pyongyang has developed nuclear-capable ballistic missiles that can reach the US and its allies, Japan


BASIC: British American Security Council · 8 April 2024 English

The key argument of the report is that, in the India- Pakistan nuclear dyad, there is mutual confidence that the other can be relied upon to show restraint in times …

‘On Pre-Notification of Flight Testing of Ballistic Missiles’87 could be extended to include notification flight paths are much more unpredictable than ballistic missiles.88 Moreover, it was suggested that the 1988 On Pre-Notification Of Flight Testing Of Ballistic Missiles, signed on 3 October 2005, http://mea.gov


RAND Corporation · 8 April 2024 English

In the past 20 years, the Army explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) force has undergone significant changes. This report highlights the findings and recommendations from an effort to examine the roles …

keep the nation safe from intercontinental ballistic missiles, relying on a mix of active and reserve National


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 8 April 2024 English

The current focus is on the strategic Russia and China, as well as the implications importance of satellite ground stations in the of the involvement of the North Atlantic Treaty …

satellite networks increasingly see civil and ballistic missiles adapted to orbital flight. military data that concern Arctic for intercontinental ballistic missiles, prompting operations. Additionally, the


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 5 April 2024 English

Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainian drones have attacked over fifteen Russian refineries and several oil depots in the first massive, sustained, and successful attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial …

attacks by Ukrainian drones, Russia used two ballistic missiles to attack the only functioning Ukrainian


CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 5 April 2024 English

While the USA and India continue to affirm the need for a strategic partnership, there were frictions related to the US’ and Canada’s soft approach to some elements inimical to …

sized drones, increasing number of cruise and ballistic missiles, stand-off precision guided munitions, hypersonic


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