• An anti-ballistic weapon is any weapon (be it a missile, a laser, or another type of object) designed to counter threats which are ballistic objects....
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  • of the most widespread or notable anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems intended in whole or part to counter ballistic missiles. Since many systems have...
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    An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliver...
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    space-based and nuclear weapons, a force multiplier for a nuclear first strike, a countermeasure against an adversary's anti-ballistic missile defense (ABM)...
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    Air-to-surface missile Anti-submarine missile Surface-to-air missile Man-portable air-defense system Anti-ballistic missile Anti-satellite weapon Surface-to-surface...
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    kinetic energy weapons accelerated by a rocket engine. It has been used primarily in the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) and anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) fields...
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    hypersonic weapon: Hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV): missile warheads which maneuver and glide through the atmosphere at high speeds after an initial ballistic launch...
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  • anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is a military ballistic missile system designed to hit a warship at sea. Due to the high flight speed of ballistic...
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    DF-21 (category Ballistic missiles of the People's Republic of China)
    world's first anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM). The DF-21 has also been developed into a space-capable anti-satellite weapon/anti-missile weapon carrier....
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    limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against ballistic missile-delivered nuclear weapons. It was intended to...
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  • А-235 / ПЛ-19-181М / Нудоль) is a Russian hypersonic anti-ballistic missile and anti-satellite weapon system in development. It is designed to deflect a...
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  • India became the fourth country to have successfully developed an anti-ballistic missile system, after United States, Russia, and Israel. The system...
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    larger warheads, led to the early anti-ballistic missiles. The United States have largely taken nuclear air-defense weapons out of service with the fall of...
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    used in early tests of anti-satellite weapons. Developed by Martin Aircraft, the Bold Orion missile was an air-launched ballistic missile, launched from...
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    Missile (redirect from Anti Surface Missile)
    or fly a ballistic trajectory. Most anti-tank and anti-ship missiles are part of surface-to-surface missile systems. An anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) is...
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    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)...
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    intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi), primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery...
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    Hawaii Aegis Weapon System Anti-ballistic missile Arrow missile Atago-class destroyer Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Indian Ballistic Missile Defence...
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    System 373(Bavar-373) Iran Arman long-range anti-ballistic missile system Khordad 15 Anti-satellite weapon Command systems in the United States Army "Demonstration...
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  • Christofilos effect (category Anti-ballistic weapons)
    explosions would cause a massive radar blackout over Russia, degrading its anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system without warning. Since these effects were expected...
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  • development of all types of missile systems including ballistic, cruise, anti-ship, air-defence, air-to-air and anti-missile systems. India is one of seven countries...
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    in 1916, the German Empire introduced the first anti-tank weapons. The first developed anti-tank weapon was a scaled-up bolt-action rifle, the Mauser 1918...
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  • targets including theater ballistic missile launchers, cruise and anti-ship missile launchers, GPS jamming platforms and anti-satellite systems. It will...
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    A laser weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon that uses lasers to inflict damage. Whether they will be deployed as practical, high-performance military...
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    A ballistic missile (BM) is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target. These weapons are powered only during relatively...
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  • developments following America's withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The "super weapons" named were: the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle...
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    S-500 missile system (category Anti-ballistic missiles of Russia)
    known as 55R6M "Triumfator-M", is a Russian surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system supplementing the S-400 and the A-235 ABM missile system...
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    Assault Weapon (SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. It is a portable assault weapon (i.e., bunker buster) and has a secondary anti-armor...
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    Project Excalibur (category Anti-ballistic weapons)
    thousands of kilometers away, providing protection over a wide area. Anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems of the time only attacked the enemy nuclear warheads...
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  • Dense Pack (category Anti-ballistic weapons)
    from service as the Cold War ended. The U.S. commitments under the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty prevented the development and construction of adequate...
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