World Missile Chart
By Joshua Williams
November 2005
This table represents the Carnegie
Non-Proliferation’s best assessment of the world's ballistic
missile arsenals.
We count 30 nations as fielding some type of ballistic missile. Missiles
reported to be in development are listed in italics.
Endnotes and a key are provided below.
1
Ballistic missiles differ from military rockets, such as the widely proliferated FROG’s, because they have guidance systems. The development of accurate guidance systems remains one of the most challenging engineering obstacles facing states that wish to indigenously develop ballistic missiles. Only 11 nations have missiles with ranges over 1,000 km; all the rest have only short-range, Scud-type missiles. Only 8 nations have been able to develop nuclear weapons that could be fitted as warheads on these missiles.
Ballistic missiles are sometimes confused with cruise missiles. A ballistic missile is one whose payload reaches its target by way of an initial powered boost and then a free flight along a high arcing trajectory. Part of the flight of longer-range ballistic missiles may occur outside the atmosphere and involve the "reentry" of a warhead or the missile. A cruise missile, as defined by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, is "an unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that sustains flight through the use of aerodynamic lift over most of its flight path." Such a missile may carry either a nuclear or conventional warhead (definitions are taken from an arms control glossary provided by the U.S. State Department). The U.S. National Air Intelligence Center further stipulates that cruise missiles are "usually categorized by intended mission and launch mode" such as anti-shipping cruise missile, land-attack cruise missile, air-launched cruise missile, submarine-launched cruise missile.
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COUNTRY1 |
SYSTEM NAME |
STATUS |
RANGE (KM) |
PAYLOAD (KG) |
ORIGIN |
NOTES |
|
Afghanistan
|
Scud-B
|
O
|
300
|
1,000
|
USSR
|
Operational status questionable.
|
|
Armenia 3
|
Scud-B
|
O
|
300
|
1,000
|
Russia
|
|
|
Bahrain 4 |
MGM-140 |
O |
165 |
560 |
USA |
Missiles manufactured by Lockheed-Martin. |
|
Belarus
|
SS-21 |
O |
120 |
480 |
USSR |
|
|
Scud-B
|
O
|
300 |
1,000
|
USSR
|
|
|
|
China |
CSS-8 (M-7) |
O
|
150-230
|
190
|
I
|
Two stage, first solid, second liquid. Road-mobile. |
| CSS-X-7 (DF-11/M-11) |
O
|
300
|
500
|
I
|
Solid fuelled. Road-mobile. | |
| CSS-6 (DF-15/M-9) |
O
|
600
|
500
|
I
|
Solid fuelled. Road-mobile. | |
CSS-2
(DF-3/3A) |
O |
2,650/2,900 |
2,150 |
I |
Gradually being retired.5 | |
| CSS-3 (DF-4) | O | 5,500 | 2,200 | I |
||
| CSS-4 (DF-5/5A) | O |
12,000/13,0006 | I | Extended
version (DF-5A) to be deployed in 2005. |
||
| CSS-5 (DF-21) | O | 1,800 | 600 | I | ||
| DF-25 | D? | 1,700 | 2,000 | I | May
just be the first two stages of the DF-31.7 |
|
| CSS-9 (DF-31) | D/T | 8,000 | 700 | I | Could
be deployed in 2005 or 2006.8 |
|
| DF-31A9 | D | 12,000 | 800 | I | Could
be deployed between 2007 and 2009.10 |
|
| CSS-N-3 (Julang I) SLBM | O? | 1,700 | 600 | I | ||
| CSS-N-4 (Julang II) SLBM | D | 8,000 | 700 | I | Sea-based
version of DF-31. Could be deployed by end of the decade.11 |
|
|
Egypt |
Scud-B |
O/U |
300 |
1,000 |
USSR/DPRK |
|
|
Project T |
O |
450 |
1,000 |
I/DPRK |
Improved Scud. |
|
|
Scud-C
|
O
|
500
|
600
|
DPRK |
|
|
|
France
|
M45
SLBM |
O |
6,000 |
1,000 |
I |
|
M-51
SLBM
|
D
|
8,000 |
? |
I |
Will
replace the M-45 SLBM. First test scheduled for 2005. Possible
deployment by 2010.12
|
|
|
Greece |
MGM-140 (ATACMS) |
O |
165 |
560 |
USA |
|
|
India |
Prithvi-150 |
O |
150 |
1,000 |
I/USSR |
From Russian SA-2. Army Missile. |
|
Prithvi-250 |
O |
250 |
500-750 |
I/USSR |
From Russian SA-2. Air Force missile. |
|
|
Dhanush (Naval Prithvi) |
D/T |
350 |
1,000 |
I |
From Prithvi. Last tested November 7, 2004. 13 |
|
|
Sagarika14 |
D? |
250-350? |
500? |
I |
From Prithvi. Deployment scheduled for 2010 or later. |
|
|
Prithvi-350 |
D |
350 |
500-1,000 |
I/USSR |
From Russian SA-2. |
|
|
Agni I |
O15 |
600-750 |
1,000 |
I/US/France |
From Scout;first tested February 18, 1994. Last tested on January
9, 2003. |
|
|
Agni-II |
O |
2,000/2,500 |
1,000 |
I/US/France |
Last tested August 29, 200416; India says missile limited production has begun17 |
|
|
Agni-III |
D
|
3,500
|
1,000?
|
I
|
Test
planned by the end of 2004. 18 |
|
COUNTRY |
SYSTEM NAME |
STATUS |
RANGE (KM) |
PAYLOAD (KG) |
ORIGIN |
NOTES |
|
Iran19 |
Mushak-120
|
O |
130 |
190
|
I
|
|
Mushak-160 |
O |
160 |
190 |
I |
||
Fateh-110
(NP-110) |
P |
200 |
600 |
I/PRC? |
Last
confirmed test on September 6, 2002.20 |
|
M-7
(CSS-8) |
O |
150 |
190 |
PRC |
Modified
SA-2. |
|
| Scud-B
|
O/U
|
300
|
1,000
|
N.Korea/Domestic
production
|
|
|
| Scud-C
|
O
|
500
|
500
-600
|
I/DPRK
|
|
|
| Shahab III |
O/T 21 |
1,300 |
750-800 |
I/DPRK |
From Nodong. Last tested October 20, 2004.22
|
|
|
Shahab IV |
D/T?23 |
2,00024 |
1,000 |
I/Russia |
Based on Russian SS-4. |
|
|
D? |
3,000-5,500?25
|
? |
I/DPRK/Russia? |
Possibly based on the North Korean Taepodong I and II. 26 |
||
|
Iraq27 |
Al Samoud II |
O/U28 |
180-200 |
300 |
I |
|
| Ababil-100/AI Fatah |
O29 |
160 |
200-300 |
I |
Solid-fuel missile from Scud B. |
|
|
Israel |
Lance |
O/S |
130 |
450 |
US |
|
|
Jericho I |
O |
500 |
750-1,000 |
France |
Road-mobile. |
|
|
Jericho II |
O |
1,500 |
1,000 |
France/I |
Road-mobile. |
|
|
Jericho III |
D? |
3,000-6,500 |
1,000-1,300 |
I |
Reportedly based on the Shavit Space Launch Vehicle.30 |
|
|
Kazakhstan |
Scud-B |
O
|
300
|
1,000
|
USSR
|
|
|
Tochka-U (modified SS-21) |
O |
120 |
480 |
USSR |
|
|
|
Libya31 |
Scud-B |
E |
300 |
1,000 |
USSR/DPRK |
|
|
Al Fatah32 |
D/T |
200 |
500 |
I |
|
|
|
North Korea33 |
Scud-B |
O/P |
300 |
1,000 |
USSR/Egypt? |
|
|
Scud-C Variant |
O/P |
500 |
600-700 |
I |
|
|
|
Nodong |
O |
1,300 |
700-1,000 |
I |
Single-stage, liquid fuel missile. Tested May 1993. |
|
|
Taepodong I |
T |
1,500-2,000 |
1,000 |
I |
Combined Nodong and Scud; tested 31 August 1998.34 |
|
|
Taepodong II |
D |
3,500-5,500 |
1,000 |
I |
Reportedly ready for flight test if North Korea ends flight-test moratorium.35 |
|
|
Pakistan |
Hatf I |
O |
80 |
500 |
I |
|
|
Hatf II (Abdali) |
O |
180/280 |
500 |
I/PRC?36 |
First test-fired in 2002. Last tested on March 31, 2005.37 |
|
|
Hatf III (Ghaznavi/M-11) |
O |
280-300 |
500 |
I/PRC |
2001 NIE lists the Hatf III to be an M-11. Last tested November 29, 2004.38 |
|
|
Shaheen I |
O/P39 |
700-750 |
500 |
I/PRC |
Solid fueled. Thought to be an M-9 derivative. Last tested December 8, 2004. |
|
|
Ghauri I (Hatf V/Nodong) |
O |
1,300 |
500-750 |
DPRK |
2001 NIE lists the Ghauri to be a Nodong; last tested October 12, 2004. |
|
|
Ghauri II |
D/T |
1,500-2,000 |
700 |
I/DPRK |
From Nodong; last tested April 14, 1999.40 |
|
|
Shaheen II41 |
D/P |
2,000/2,500 |
750-1,000 |
I/PRC? |
Road mobile, two-stage. Last tested March 19, 2005. |
|
|
Ghauri III |
D/T |
2,700-3,500 |
? |
I/DPRK |
Thought to be based on the Taepodong-1. Engines have been tested, but flight test planned for June 2004 never occurred. |
|
COUNTRY |
SYSTEM NAME |
STATUS |
RANGE (KM) |
PAYLOAD (KG) |
ORIGIN |
NOTES |
| Russia42 |
Scud B (SS-1c Mod 1) |
O
|
300
|
1,000
|
I
|
Liquid fuel. |
SS-21
|
O
|
120
|
480 |
I
|
Solid fuel. | |
SS-18
(Satan) |
O
|
9,000-11,000
|
8,800 |
I
|
Liquid fuel. Last tested December 22, 2004.43 | |
SS-19
(Stiletto) |
O
|
10,000
|
4,350 |
I
|
Liquid fuel. | |
SS-24
(Scalpel) |
O |
9,000-11,000 |
8,800 |
I |
Solid
fuel. Rail-mobile. |
|
SS-25
(Sickle) |
O |
10,500 |
1,000-1,200 |
I |
Solid
fuel. Road-mobile. Last tested November 30, 2005.44 |
|
SS-27
(Topol-M) |
O/P45 |
10,500 |
1,000-1,200 |
I |
||
SS-X-26
(Iskander) |
D/T |
300 |
480 |
I |
Solid
fuel. Testing has been completed; will enter service next year. 48 |
|
Iskander-E49 |
D/T |
280 |
480 |
I |
Solid
fuel. Testing has been completed; will enter service next year. |
|
SS-N-18
SLBM |
O |
6,500-8,000 |
1,650 |
I |
Last
tested November 2, 2004.50 |
|
SS-N-20
SLBM |
O |
8,300 |
2,550 |
I |
No
longer in service.51 |
|
SS-N-23
(upgraded version is known as the Sineva) SLBM. |
O |
8,300 |
2,800 |
I |
Last
tested September 2004. |
|
SS-N-27 (Bulava) SLBM |
D/T |
10,000 |
1,000-1,20052 |
I |
SLBM
version of the SS-27; last tested September 27, 2005; will be carried
by the Borey-class submarine, expected to be deployed in 2006. |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
Dong Feng-3 |
O |
2,600 |
2,150
|
PRC |
Purchased from China in 1987. |
|
Slovak Republic53 |
SS-21 |
O
|
120
|
480
|
USSR
|
|
|
South Korea |
Nike-Hercules-I/A |
O |
180 |
500 |
I /USA |
Modified SAM. |
| Nike-Hercules-II |
D
/T
|
260-300
|
450-500
|
I/USA
|
Modified SAM; Tested at reduced range in 1999.54 | |
| MGM-140
(ATACMS Block I/IA)
|
O
|
165/300
|
560
|
USA
|
Block I purchased in 1997; Block IA purchased in 2001, deployed in 2004.55 | |
|
Syria |
SS-21 |
O |
120 |
480 |
USSR |
Transferred 1983. |
|
Scud-B |
O |
300 |
1,000 |
USSR |
|
|
|
Scud-C56 |
O |
500-600 |
600-770 |
DPRK |
Syria can now produce its own Scud-C's.57 |
|
|
Scud-D |
T |
700 |
500 |
DPRK |
Based on the No Dong; last tested September 2000; Syria may now be capable of producing its own Scud-D's.58 |
|
|
Taiwan |
Ching Feng |
O59 |
130 |
270 |
I/Israel |
From Lance. |
|
Tien Chi 60 |
O?61 |
300 |
500 |
I |
Modified SAM. Tested in 1997. |
|
|
Turkey |
MGM-140 (ATACMS) |
O |
165 |
560 |
USA |
|
| Project J62 | D |
150 |
150 |
I/PRC |
Based on Chinese WS-1. |
|
|
Turkmenistan |
Scud-B |
O |
300 |
1,000 |
USSR |
|
|
Ukraine |
SS-21 |
O |
120 |
480 |
USSR |
|
|
Scud-B |
O |
300 |
1,000 |
USSR |
|
|
|
United Arab Emirates |