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{{Short description|Class of ballistic missiles defined by range}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}{{Distinguish|Intermediate-range ballistic missile}}{{Missing information|key concepts, history, development|date=June 2022}} A medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) is a type of ballistic missile with medium range, this last classification depending on the standards of certain organizations. Within the U.S. Department of Defense, a medium-range missile is defined by having a maximum range of between {{convert|1000|and|3,000|km}}.WEB, Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat,weblink United States Air Force, 22 October 2012, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, March 2006, In modern terminology, MRBMs are part of the wider grouping of theatre ballistic missiles, which includes any ballistic missile with a range of less than {{convert|3500|km}}. Roughly speaking, MRBM covers the ranges over SRBM (tactical) and under IRBM.

Specific MRBMs

{{Flag|China}}

• DF-2 – {{Convert|1,250|km|mi}}
• DF-16 – {{convert|1000-1,600|km|mi}}
• DF-17 – {{Convert|1,800–2,500|km|mi}}
• DF-21 – {{Convert|1,500-1,700|km|mi}}

{{Flag|France}}

• SSBS S1
• S2 (missile)

{{Flag|India}}

• Agni-II – {{Convert|2,000–3,000|km|mi}}
• Agni-P – {{Convert|1,000-2,000|km|mi}}

{{Flag|Iran}}

• Ashoura – {{Convert|2,000–2,500|km|mi}}
• Emad – {{Convert|1,700|km|mi}}
• Fajr-3 – {{Convert|2,500|km|mi}}(estimation)
• Fattah – {{Convert|1,400|km|mi}}
• Ghadr-110 – {{Convert|2,000–3,000|km|mi}}
• Kheibar Shekan – 1400 kilometers (900 miles)
• Khorramshahr – {{Convert|2000|km|mi}} WEB, Iran New Khorramshahr ballistic missile unveiled during military parade &124; September 2017 Global Defense Security news industry &124; Defense Security global news industry army 2017 &124; Archive News year, 22 September 2017,weblink WEB, 2017-01-30, Iran tests ballistic missile in defiance of UN resolution, US officials say, Fox News,weblink
• Sejjil – {{Convert|2,000–4,500|km|mi}}
• Shahab-3 – {{Convert|1,000-2,000|km|mi}}

{{Flag|Iraq}}

• Badr-2000 – {{Convert|1000|km|mi}}

{{Flag|Israel}}

• Jericho II – {{Convert|1,300|km|mi}}

{{Flag|North Korea}}

• Hwasong-9 – {{Convert|1,000|km|mi}}
• Hwasong-10/RD-B Musudan – {{Convert|2,500-4,000|km|mi}}
• Pukguksong-1 – {{Convert|500-2,000|km|mi}}
• Pukguksong-2 – {{Convert|1,200-3,000|km|mi}}
• Pukguksong-3 – {{Convert|2,500-3,000|km|mi}}
• Rodong-1 – {{Convert|1,000–1,500|km|mi}}

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• Ababeel – {{Convert|2,200|km|mi}}
• Ghauri-I – {{Convert|1,500|km|mi}}
• Ghauri-II – {{Convert|1,800-2,000|km|mi}}
• Ghauri-III – {{Convert|3,000-3,500|km|mi}} (Cancelled)
• Shaheen-II – {{Convert|2,500|km|mi}}WEB, 2015-03-09, Test launch of Pakistan's 'Shaheen-III' surface-to-surface ballistic missile successful,weblink WEB, 9 March 2015, Pakistan Conducts Successful test launch of Shaheen III,weblink 9 March 2015, The Express Tribune,
• Shaheen-III – {{Convert|2,750|km|mi}}NEWS, Giant leap: Agni-V, India's 1st ICBM, fired successfully from canister, The Times of India, February 2015,weblink Missile Thread {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316061712weblink|date=2015-03-16}}

{{Flag|Turkey}}

• Cenk – {{Convert|1000|km|mi}}

{{Flag|Soviet Union}}

• R-5 Pobeda – {{Convert|1,200|km|mi}}
• R-12 Dvina – {{Convert|2,080|km|mi}}
• RT-15 – {{Convert|2,500|km|mi}}

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• Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon – over {{Convert|2775|km|mi}}
• OpFires – around {{Convert|1609|km|mi}}
• Pershing II – {{Convert|1,770|km|mi}}
• PGM-19 Jupiter – {{Convert|2,400|km|mi}}

See also

• Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
• Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)
• Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
• Theatre ballistic missiles
• Hypersonic cruise missile

References

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