i was thinking is there any difference in the types and ranges of medium range ballistic missiles and intermediate range ballistic missiles or are they one and the same thing? i remember back in the 80s when the americans Pershing 2 and the soviet SS-20s was scrapped, werent they IRBMs?
By: Arabella-Cox - 14th September 2004 at 15:14
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By: GDL - 14th September 2004 at 02:20
i was thinking is there any difference in the types and ranges of medium range ballistic missiles and intermediate range ballistic missiles or are they one and the same thing? i remember back in the 80s when the americans Pershing 2 and the soviet SS-20s was scrapped, werent they IRBMs?
This page will help: http://www.fas.org/nuke/intro/missile/basics.htm
The Soviet SS-20 was a very flexible fully mobile system. Far more so than the Pershing II. The biggest concern for the Soviets and the Pershing II however, was it’s accuracy, especially against hardened targets. A CEP of only 30m with an active radar guided warhead made it very formidable.
The SS-20 on the other hand could be fired as a short-range weapon (500km) and a intermediate-range weapon (up to 5,000km). The Pershing II had a max. range of only 1,770km.
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September 13, 2004 at 3:11 pm