Back صاروخ باليستي وسيط المدى Arabic IRBM Catalan Balistická raketa středního doletu Czech Misil balístico de alcance intermedio Spanish موشک بالستیک دوربرد Persian IRBM Finnish Missile balistique à portée intermédiaire French טיל בליסטי לטווח בינוני HE Missile balistico a raggio intermedio Italian 中距離弾道ミサイル Japanese
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An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–5,500 km (1,864–3,418 miles), between a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).[1] Classifying ballistic missiles by range is done mostly for convenience. In principle there is very little difference between a low-performance ICBM and a high-performance IRBM, because decreasing payload mass can increase the range over the ICBM threshold. The range definition used here is used within the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
- ^ Wragg, David W. (1974). A Dictionary of Aviation (1st American ed.). New York: Frederick Fell, Inc. p. 166. ISBN 0-85045-163-9.