The first practical design for an ICBM grew out of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket program. The liquid-fueled V-2, … See more

The following flight phases can be distinguished:
1. Boost phase, which can last from 3 to 5 minutes. It is shorter for a solid-fuel rocket than for a liquid-propellant rocket. Depending … See more

Modern ICBMs typically carry multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a separate nuclear warhead, allowing a single missile to hit multiple targets. MIRV was an outgrowth … See more

Russia, the United States, China, North Korea, India and Israel are the only countries currently known to possess land-based ICBMs.
The United States currently operates 405 ICBMs in th… See more

An anti-ballistic missile is a missile which can be deployed to counter an incoming nuclear or non-nuclear ICBM. ICBMs can be intercepted in three regions of their trajectory: boost phase, mid-course phase or terminal … See more

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