Top 10 best Short Range Ballistic Missiles in the World (SRBM)
Here is the list of the Top 10 best Short Range Ballistic Missiles in the World (SRBM), a short-range ballistic missile SRBM is a ballistic missile with a range of up to 1000 kilometers or 620 miles in the past, Due to the close proximity of some nations, their low cost, and ease of configuration, these missiles have been and will be used in potential regional conflicts. They use projectile motion to deliver warheads to the target; in contrast to ICBMs, short-range ballistic missiles remain inside the earth’s atmosphere. today let’s take a look at the top 10 short-range ballistic missiles we will arrange them according to their operational range.
List of Top 10 best Short Range Ballistic Missiles in the World (SRBM)
#10. 9K720 Iskander (Short Range Ballistic Missile)
9K720 Iskander is a mobile hypersonic short-range ballistic missile produced and deployed by the Russian military Without the warhead, it is 7.3 meters long and weighs 3.8 tons., its operational range is between 400 to 500 kilometers the ascender can carry a thermonuclear warhead up to 700 kilograms and it can also carry several different conventional warheads including a cluster munitions warhead a fuel air explosive enhanced blast warhead a high explosive fragmentation warhead an earth penetrator for bunker busting and an electromagnetic pulse device for anti-radar missions.
#9. Dong Feng-15 (Short Range Ballistic Missile)
The Dongfeng 15 SRBM was developed by the people’s republic of china and is thought to be the only non-nuclear its size is about 9.1 meters long has a mass of 6.2 tons and an operational range of up to 600 kilometers The US Department of Defense estimated that China possesses roughly 300 DF-15 missiles and 90 to 110 launchers, despite later versions claiming to be beyond that range. The warhead of the df-15 is only one-tenth the size of the missile body, and it is launched vertically from an 8-wheel transporter truck using a solid fuel single stage rocket.
#8. Zolfaghar (Short Range Ballistic Missile)
The Zolfaghar is an Iranian short-range solid fuel ballistic missile belonging to Iranian forces the missile is 10.3 meters long and has a mass of approximately four tons the missile has a reported range of 700 kilometers and ranks at number eight on the list in June 2017 the missile was reportedly used to strike targets in Syria it can carry warheads up to 500-kilogram high explosive or submunitions in February 2019 Iran unveiled a new longer-range version of the Zolfaghar missile called the full death missile with a range of 1000 kilometers but this belongs to a category of a medium-range ballistic missile.
#7. Hwasong-6 (Short Range Ballistic Missile)
The Hwasong-6 is a North Korean short-range tactical ballistic missile to increase its range over its predecessor the Hwasong-6 has its payload decreased to 770 kilograms and the length of the rocket body extended to increase the propellant by 25 percent and accuracy is between 700 to 1000 meters such range is sufficient to strike targets as far away as western japan its dimensions are identical to the original Hwasong-5 in 1999 north Korea was estimated to have produced 600 to 1 000 was on 6 missiles of which 25 had been launched in tests 300 to 500 had been exported and 300 to 600 were in service with the Korean people’s army.
#6. Jericho 1 (Short Range Ballistic Missile)
Developed by Israel starting in the 1960s, the Jericho 1 family of deployed ballistic missiles has this general name. In late 1971, Jericho 1 became the first openly acknowledged operational short-range ballistic missile weapon. it was 13.72 meters long and weighing 6.7 tons had a range between 500 to 720 kilometers and a target accuracy of 1000 meters it could carry a payload estimated at 400 kilograms it was intended to carry a nuclear warhead and also it is believed that around 100 missiles of this type were produced.
#5. Prithvi 3 (Short Range Ballistic Missile)
PRITHVI series our class of tactical surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missiles developed by India Its length is 8.56 meters, and its weight is 5.6 tons. A two-stage surface-to-surface missile of the B3 series. The missile can carry a 1000-kilogram warhead up to a distance of 350 kilometers, a 500-kilogram warhead up to a distance of 600 kilometers, and a 250-kilogram warhead up to a distance of 750 kilometers. The first stage is solid fueled while the second stage is liquid fuel.
#4. Sagarika (Short Range Ballistic Missile)
Sagarika was also known by the codename k15 is an Indian submarine launch SRBM with a range of 750 kilometers its length is 10 meters long and weighs between 6 to 7 tons it was mainly designed for retaliatory nuclear strikes and belongs to the k-missile family and forms a part of India’s atomic Nuclear triad information about this family of missiles has mostly been kept classified it is reported that cane missiles are faster lighter and stealthier than most SRB amps today the k-15 is a two-stage which uses a gas booster to eject out of its launch platform and rise up to the surface of the water a solid rocket motor is fired after the missile reaches a fixed altitude.
#3. Shaheen-I (Short Range Ballistic Missile)
The Shaheen-I is a Pakistani land-based supersonic and short-range surface-to-surface-guided ballistic missile its overall length is 10 meters has a total mass of 9.5 tons with an optimal range of 750 kilometers and is propelled by a two-stage solid fuel rocket motor there is also a new variant the shaheen 1a that has an operational range of over 1 000 kilometers but is classified as a medium-range ballistic missile the shaheen 1 can deliver either a conventional or a nuclear payload much faster than liquid-fueled missiles of Pakistan the shaheen one is believed to be very accurate according to some sources.
#2. Hyunmoo IV (Short Range Ballistic Missile)
Hyunmoo is a series of strategic missiles developed by south Korea the overall length of this missile is 12.53 meters long and its operational range has been tested to be 800 kilometers It is capable of hypersonic flight. The Hyunmoo contains the lone ballistic missile that South Korea reverse-engineered and deployed. The new Hyunmoo-4 ballistic missiles will probably be equipped with a new 1000-kilogram warhead that can destroy North Korea’s underground military facilities, command centers, and leadership. South Korean officials haven’t given much information about the system’s specifications, so this missile will probably be among the deadliest SRBMS North Korea has ever faced.
#1. Agni-I (Short Range Ballistic Missile in the World)
The Agni-I is an Indian short-range ballistic missile with a range of 700 to 900 kilometers, The nuclear-capable road mobile missile was first used by the strategic forces command of the Indian army in 2007. The 15-meter-long Agni-1 can carry nuclear bombs with smaller payloads thanks to its launch weight of 12,000 kilograms and estimated payload of 1,000 kilos. The Agni-1 is intended to be fired from rail-based platforms or from mobile transporter erector launchers on the ground. It may be able to travel as far as 1200 kilometers, which would cover all of Pakistan.
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