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This table represents the Carnegie Non-Proliferation Project’s best assessment of the world's ballistic missile
arsenals.
The Project counts 35 nations as fielding some type of ballistic missile. Missiles reported to be in development
are listed in italics.
Endnotes and a key are provided below. 1

COUNTRY
SYSTEM STATUS RANGE PAYLOAD ORIGIN NOTES
NAME (KM) (KG)

USSR Operational status

questionable.
Afghanistan Scud-B O 300 1,000

Domestic
Argentina Alacran O 150 400

Russia
Armenia 2 Scud-B O 300 1,000

USSR
Azerbaijan Scud-B O 300 1,000

USA
Bahrain MGM-140 P 165 560
(ATACMS)

USSR
Belarus SS-21 O 120 480

USSR
Scud-B O 300 1,000

USSR
Bulgaria 3 Scud-B O 300 1,000

USSR Prohibited by INF

SS-23 O 500 450 Treaty.
4

China CSS-8 O 230 I Two stage, first

solid, second
liquid.
Road-mobile.

CSS-X-7 O 300 500 I Solid fuelled.

Road-mobile.

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CSS-6 O 600 500 I Solid fuelled.

Road-mobile.

For China's other ballistic missiles, visit China's Nuclear Numbers.

Iran
Congo Scud-B O? 300 1,000 According to press

reports. 5

USSR/DPRK
Egypt Scud-B O/U 300 1,000

I/DPRK Improved Scud.

Project T O 450 1,000

DPRK
Scud-C O 500 600

I/DPRK Initial project (with

Argentina, Iraq) by
Vector D 685 ? this name
terminated. Some
work continues
with North Korea?

France For France's ballistic missiles, visit France's Nuclear Numbers.

USSR
Georgia Scud-B O 300 1,000

USA
Greece MGM-140 O 165 560
(ATACMS)

I/USSR From Russian

SA-2. Army
India Prithvi-150 O 150 1,000 missile.

Tested on March
26, 2003 on the
same day as
Pakistan tested
Abdali missile
system. 29

Last tested on
April 29, 2003 from
a site in eastern
Orissa state. A
defense ministry
spokesman
deemed it
successful. This
version of the
missile has "the
latest on-board
computer and
navigation system
and can use both
solid and liquid
propellant." 31

I/USSR From Russian

SA-2. Air Force
Prithvi-250 O 250 500 missile.

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I From Prithvi. Last

tested September
Dhanush D/O? 250 500 2001. India says it
will soon be
"operationalized" 6

Bramhos D? 300? 225? I/Russia Launched from

either ships or
aircraft.

I From Prithvi.
7 D? 250-350? 500?
Sagarika

I/USSR From Russian

SA-2.
Prithvi-350 D 350 500

I/US/France From Scout;

tested 18 February
Agni-I T 600-750 1,000 1994.

Tested on January
25 2002.

Last tested on
January 9, 2003.
To be fired from
road-based or
rail-based mobile
launchers. 27

I/US/France Last tested

January 2001;
Agni-II O/P 2,000/2,500 1,000 India says missile
limited production
has begun 8

Agni-III D 3,000 ? I

I From Polar
9 Satellite Launch
Surya D? 3250+? ? Vehicle and
Agni-2.

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COUNTRY
SYSTEM STATUS RANGE PAYLOAD ORIGIN NOTES
NAME (KM) (KG)

10 Modified SA-2.
Iran
M-7 (CSS-8) O 150 190 PRC

Scud-B O/U 300 1,000 N.Korea/Domestic

production

Scud-C O 500 600 -700 DPRK

From Nodong.
U.S. intelligence
Shahab III T /D? 1,300 800-1000? I/DPRK/Russia says Iran has a

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"small number
... available for
use in a
conflict."

Tested in May
2002. 24

Failed test in
July 2002. 25

Successfully
tested in July
2003. This test
was the first of
eight tests to
successfully
achieve the
range of
1300km. Israeli
intelligence
indicated that
the missile was
powered by a
North Korean
liquid-fuel
engine. 32

From Russian
SS-4?
Shahab IV D 2,000 ? I/Russia

Shahab V 11 D? 3,000-5,500? ? I/Russia

Liquid-fuel
missile. From
Iraq Al Samoud D 150 200 I
Scud B. 12

Ababil-100 Solid-fuel
missile from
D 150 200 I Scud B.

From Scud B.
Al Hussein Hidden? 650 500 I

Israel Lance O/S 130 450 US

Road-mobile.
Jericho I O 500 1,000 France

Road-mobile.
Jericho II O 1,500 1,000 France/I

Jericho III D 2,500 1,000? I

Scud-B O 300 1,000 USSR

Kazakhstan
Tochka-U
(modified O 120 480 USSR
SS-21)

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Operational
status
Libya Scud-B O/U 300 1,000 USSR questionable.

13 D/T 950? 500 I/?

Al Fatah

North Scud-B O/P 300 1,000 USSR

Korea

Scud-C Variant O/P 500 600-700 I

Single-stage,
liquid fuel
Nodong D/T 1,300 700-1,000 I missile. Tested
May 1993.

Combined
Nodong and
Taepodong I T 1,500-2,000 1,000 I Scud; tested 31
14
August 1998.

Taepodong II D 3,500-5,500 1,000 I

Pakistan Hatf I O 80 500 I

First test-fired in
15 2002.
Hatf II/Abdali O 180 500 I/PRC?
Last tested on
March 26, 2002
on the same day
as India's Prithvi
test. 30

2001 NIE lists

the Hatf III to be
Hatf III O 290 500 I/PRC an M-11. May
/Ghaznavi/M-11 2002 test
revealed a 280
km range.

Tested on
October 3, 2003.

M-9 derivative?
Tested April
Shaheen I P/O 700/750 500 I/PRC? 1999. Solid fuel
missile.
Pakistan
announced
"serial
production" of
missile October
2000.

Tested again in
October 2002.
23

Tested on
October 7 ,
2003.

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Ghauri I/Hatf 2001 NIE lists

the Ghauri to be
V/Nodong O 1,300 500-750 I/DPRK a Nodong;
tested 6 April
1998. 16 Last
tested May 2002

January 8, 2003
Handed over to
Pakistan's army
from research
facility. 28

From Nodong;
tested April
Ghauri II D/T 2,000? 700 I/DPRK 1999.

Road mobile,
17 two-stage
Shaheen II D/P 2,000/2,500 1,000? I/DPRK? weapon
displayed in
March 2000
parade.

Engines tested
23 July 1999 and
Ghauri III D/T 2,700-3,500 ? I/DPRK 29 September
1999. 18

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COUNTRY
SYSTEM STATUS RANGE PAYLOAD ORIGIN NOTES
NAME (KM) (KG)

Russia Scud B (SS-1c O 300 1,000 I Liquid fuel.

Mod 1)

SS-21 O 100-120 I Solid fuel.

SS-X-26 O 300 I Solid fuel.

Iskander-E O 275 I For export. Solid

fuel.

For Russia's nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, visit Russia's Nuclear Numbers.

Saudi Arabia 2,150 Purchased from

China in 1987.
Dong Feng-3 O 2,600 PRC
(CSS-2)

Slovakia SS-21 O 100-120 480 USSR

Scud B O 300 1,000 USSR

Modified SAM.
South Korea Nike-Hercules-1 O 180 300 US/I

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Nike-Hercules-2 D 250 500 US/I Modified SAM;

Tested at reduced
range.

MGM-140 165/300 560 US Currently fields

Block I. Contract
(ATACMS) O for Block IA sale
approved, will
receive full
shipment in 2004.

This yet unnamed

missile was tested
? D/T 300 500 I on November 22,
2001. 19

Transferred 1983.
Syria SS-21 O 120 480 USSR

Scud-B O 300 1,000 USSR

Tested September
20 2000.
Scud-C O 500 600 DPRK
Syria prepared to
IRAN begin production
of a new extended
version of the
Scud-C. With the
assembly line for
the weapon
complete, Syria is
expected to be
capable of
producing 30
missiles annually.
26

Scud-D 21 T Tested September

2000.
600-700 ? DPRK

From Lance.
Taiwan Ching Feng O 130 270 I/Israel?

Modified SAM.
22 D 300 500 I
Tien Chi

Turkey MGM-140 O 165 560 USA

(ATACMS)

Turkmenistan Scud-B O 300 1,000 USSR

Ukraine SS-21 O 120 480 USSR

Scud-B O 300 1,000 USSR

United Arab O 300 1,000 Russia?

Emirates Scud-B

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United For the United Kingdom's ballistic missiles, visit United Kingdom Nuclear Numbers.
Kingdom

United States MGM-140 O 165 560 I

(ATACMS)

For the United States' nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, see United States Nuclear Numbers.

Vietnam Scud-B O 300 1,000

Transferred 1988.
Yemen SS-21 O 100-120 480 USSR

Scud-B O/U 1,000 USSR Transferred to

South Yemen in
300 1979.

DPRK 12-15 Scuds

intercepted by
Scud (unknown) Spanish Military in
the Arabian Sea
en route to Yemen
from North Korea

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KEY:

Status

D: in Development

O: Operational

P: in Production

S: in Storage

T: Tested

U: Used

RANGE

SRBM Short-range ballistic missile (<1,000 km)

MRBM Medium-range ballistic missile (1,000-3,000 km)

IRBM Intermediate-range ballistic missile (3,000-5,500 km)

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Origin

I: Indigenous

Notes

INF Treaty: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

SAM: Surface-to-air missile

News:

Agni, Prithvi Will be Inducted Soon - Two variants of the Agni group of ballistic missiles and the IAF and
Navy versions of the tactical Prithvi missile are in the process of being inducted into the armed forces,
according to Defense Secretary George Fernandes. While the Pakistan-specific, 700 to 800-km range Agni-I
and 2,000-km-plus Agni II are now being inducted, officials say India also plans to test-fire the China-
specific, 3,000-km-plus Agni-III by year end. Additionally, Fernandes said that India had undertaken 20 test
flights of seven types of missiles from January 1 to June 30 of this year. The Times of India, 31 July 2003 .

Endnotes

1. Principle sources for this table include: National Air Intelligence Center, Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat (National Air Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, September 2000); International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), "Ballistic and Cruise Missiles," The Military Balance 1999-2000 (London: Oxford
University Press, 1999), pp. 309-11; National Intelligence Council, Foreign Missile Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States Through 2015,
Unclassified National Intelligence Estimate, September 1999; US Department of Defense (DOD), Proliferation: Threat and Response (Washington, DC: GPO,
November 1997); Center for Defense and International Security Studies, "Ballistic Missile Capabilities by Country,"; and Tracking Nuclear Proliferation: A Guide in
Maps and Charts, 1998 (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1998). Information of China's missile capabilities also draws on the 1999
Report of the Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China (also known as the "Cox report").

2. Russia is thought to have shipped 8 Scud launchers and 24 missiles to Armenia between 1992 and 1995. See Nikolai Novichkov, "Russia Details Illegal
Deliveries to Armenia," Jane's Defence Weekly, 16 April 1997, p. 15.

3. Bulgaria and the United States have signed an agreement in May 2002 which commits Bulgaria to destroy its short- and medium-range missile stockpiles. The
destruction of Soviet-designed SS-23, Scud, and FROGs will be financed through the U.S. Department of State. "Bulgaria Agrees to U.S. Request to Destroy
Missiles" AFP, 31 May 2002.

4. IISS lists 8 SS-23 launchers in Bulgaria, despite prohibition of SS-23 missiles by the INF Treaty.

5. Iran reportedly delivered Scud-B and Scud-C missiles to the Democratic Republic of Congo in November 1999. See "DRC Receives Iranian 'Scud' Missiles,"
Jane's Defence Weekly, 1 December 1999, p. 5; and Bill Gertz, "Tehran Sold Scud Missiles to Congolese," Washington Times, 22 November 1999.

6. The Dhanush is the naval version of the Prithvi series."Dhanush Missile Test-Fired" Times of India, September 21, 2001

7. The Indian government first acknowledged the existence of the Sagarika in October 1998, identifying it as a 250-350 kilometer sea-launched cruise missile
derived from the Prithvi. Other sources maintained that the Sagarika program also contained a ballistic missile division. The intended range and role of the
Dhanush, however, suggest that it may in fact be the new name for the Sagarika ballistic missile program. See Rahul Bedi, "India Confirms Plans for Improved Agni
and Naval Cruise Missile," Jane's Missiles and Rockets, October 1998; "In Search of the Real Sagarika," Jane's Intelligence Review, July 1998; and T.S. Gopi
Rethinaraj, "Navalised Prithvi Causes Confusion," Jane's Intelligence Review, January 1999.

8. The Agni-2 test missile traveled over 1,250 kilometers in an April 1999 test. It was successfully tested (apparently in its final configuration) a second time on 17
January 2001, reportedly to a length of approximately 2,000 kilometers following its firing from a mobile launcher. It is a road-mobile, two-stage missile with a "solid
propulsion booster and liquid propulsion upper state" ("Agni-II Testfired in Final Configuration," Times of India, 17 January 2001). In a March 7, 2000 letter to

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Parliament Defense Minister George Fernandes wrote that the Agni-2 had "achieved operationalization stage ... The government has decided to induct the missile
system based on security needs" ("Indian Missile Set For Production," International Herald Tribune, 8 March 2001). On May 31, 2001, The Times of India reported
that the government approved the induction of the Agni-2 in 2001-2002 and the development of a longer range missile. In June of 2001, India announced it had
begun limited production of the Agni II and that it would be under the control of the Army ( Rahul Bedi, "Indian Army Will Control Agni II" Jane's Defence Weekly"
August 22, 2001, p. 15).

9. Estimates of the range of this new missile vary widely. The National Air Intelligence Center projects a range of 3250 kilometers, Indian scientists have claimed the
range will exceed 5000 kilometers, and some Western analysts estimate 8,000-12,000 kilometers. See Vivek Raghunvanishi, "India to Develop Extensive Nuclear
Missile Arsenal," Defense News, 24 May 1999; Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Exploring U.S. Missile Defense Requirements in 2010: What Are the Policy and
Technology Challenges?, April 1997,; and David Tanks, "Ballistic Missiles in South Asia: Are ICBMs a Future Possibility?" Commission to Assess the Ballistic
Missile Threat to the United States, Appendix III: Unclassified Working Papers.

10. The DOD reported that Iran also produces a 200-km "Zelzal" missile and a 150-km "Nazeat" missile, which may be variations of its "Mushak" series. Iran has
also tried to acquire a complete North Korean Nodong system and the Chinese M-9 and M-11 missiles.

11. Estimates of the range of this new IRBM are only speculative, drawing upon remarks by the Iranian Defense Minister, who identified the missile as the
"Shahab-5". Kenneth Timmerman also suggested that Iran might be developing an IRBM (which he called the "Kosar") on July 13, 1999 during hearings on the Iran
Nonproliferation Act of 1999. See Hearings of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, US House Committee on Science, ; and Bill Gertz, "Tehran Increases
Range on Missiles," Washington Times, 22 September 1999.

12. One intelligence report called the Al Samoud a "scaled down Scud." See "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs," US Government White Paper No.
3050, released February 17, 1998. While this missile has a range of about 150km (the maximum range allowed for Iraqi missiles by UN Security Council
resolutions), there are concerns that Iraq continues to devote resources to the Ababil and Al Samoud programs with the intention of quickly transferring these
resources back to missiles with longer ranges following the end of sanctions. These concerns are reiterated in the DoD's January 2001 "Proliferation: Threat and
Response": "the Al-Samoud is essentially a scaled-down SCUD ... We believe that the Al Samoud missile ... has an inherent potential to exceed the 150-km range
restriction imposed under UNSCR 687." The report also registers similar concerns about the Ababil-100. The 2001 NIE noted that a December 2000 parade
showcased the Al Samoud on new trasnporter-erector-launchers, and that it will, "be deployed soon."

13. Though intended to have a range of 950 kilometers, the Al Fatah has been successfully tested to only 200 kilometers. See Department of Defense Proliferation:
Threat and Response 2001, p. 47-48. The CIA's Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and
Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 January Through 30 June 2000 notes that "Libya's current capability remains limited to its aging Scud B missiles, but with
continued foreign assistance it may achieve an MRBM capability-a long-desired goal." There are unconfirmed reports that Libya has attepmted to purchase longer
range missiles from North Korea (Scud-C and Nodong models have been mentioned).

14. The missile impacted 1,320 kilometers from the launch point. It attempted and failed to put a small satellite into orbit, demonstrating some progress in staging
technology.

15. The Hatf-2 was once thought to be a variant of the M-11 missiles transferred by China. The most recent test of this missile in May of 2002 revealed it to have a
significantly shorter range than the M-11. An alternative view supplyed by one analysis suggests that Pakistan developed the Hatf-2 based on French sounding
rocket engines that it obtained. See S. Chandrashekar, "An Assessment of Pakistan's Missile Capability," Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems, March 1990, p. 4.

16. Pakistan claimed that the missile impacted 1,100 kilometers from its launch point. The Ghauri (liquid fuel) and Shaheen (solid fuel) projects are run by different
laboratories.

17. See Atul Aneja, "Pakistan Begins Work on Shaheen-II," The Hindu, 27 September 1999. Proliferation: Threat and Response 2000 notes that Pakistani officials
have mentioned the Shaheen-II and Ghaznavi, but does not comment on the projects themselves.

18. See "Pakistan Tests Ghauri 3 Engine; Says New Shaheen Missile in Development," Current Missile News, Center for Defense and International Security
Studies, 9 July 1999 ; "Pakistan Tests Ghauri III Engine," Jane's Defence Weekly, 13 October 1999, p. 6.

19. See "South Korea Launches Missile in Its First Test Since Last Year" New York Times, November 22, 2001.

20. The Jerusalem Post reported development of an advanced Syrian modification of the Scud-C (possibly the Scud-D tested September 2000?), but this report
has not been confirmed by Western sources. See Arieh O'Sullivan, "Syrian Super Scud Ready Soon-Source," Jerusalem Post, 16 September 1999.

21. There is some debate regarding the origins of the 700 km Scud-D that Syria tested in September 2000. The term Scud-D generally refers to extended range
Scuds developed and exported by North Korea. According to U.S. and Israeli officials, the Syrian Scud-D is not a North Korean missile, but rather an
extended-range Scud-C that Syria developed indigenously. This missile uses a motor similar to the Scud-C but has a larger fuselage that allows it to carry more
fuel. Syria now may have serial production capability of this missile. See "Syria Preparing to Build Extended-Range 'Scud'" Jane's Defence Weekly, 19 June 2002.

22. This program was reportedly initiated in autumn 1995 and is based on the Sky Bow II SAM.

23. See "India Follows Pakistan In Test-Firing Missile." Washington Post, 5 October 2002, p.13

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24. See "Iran: Tehran Confirms Successful Shahab-3 Test." Global Security Newswire, 28 May 2002. Iranian Defense Minister, Ali Shamkhani, indicated that the test
did not signify the start of production or any increase in the missile's present range, 800-miles. He also suggested that Iran has no plans of developing a Shahab-4
or Shahab-5.

25. See: "Shahab-3/Zelzal-3" GlobalSecurity.org. This failed test is thought to be the fourth or fifth flight test of the Shahab-3 missile, which was to be ready for
deployment by the end of 2002.

26. See: "Syria Preparing to Build Extended-Range 'Scud.'" Jane's Defence Weekly. By Steve Rodan. June 19, 2002.

27. See "India Successfully Test-Fires Agni-I Missile," Times of India Online. By Rajat Pandit. January 9, 2003

28. See "Pakistan Blasts Indian Missile Test." CNN News Online. January 9, 2003

29. See "India, Pakistan Trade Tit-for-Tat Missile Tests." Arms Control Today. By Rose Gordon. April 2003

30. See "India, Pakistan Test-Fire Missiles." PakTribune. March 27, 2003

31. See "India Test Fires Medium Range Prithvi Missile." Space Daily. April 29, 2003

32. See "Iran Successfully Tests Shahab III." Jane's Defence Weekly. July 9, 2003

Missile Types:

Ballistic missiles differ from military rockets, such as the widely proliferated FROG system, because they
have guidance systems. Click here for a list of countries possessing FROGs. The development of accurate
guidance systems remains one of the most challenging engineering obstacles facing states wishing to
indigenously develop ballistic missiles. Only 11 nations have missiles with ranges over 1000 km; all the rest
have only short-range, Scud-type missiles. Only 8 nations have been able to devleop nuclear weapons that
could be fitted as warheads on these missiles.

Ballistic missiles are sometimes confused with cruise missiles. A ballistic missile is one whose payload
reaches its target by way of an initial powered boost and then a free flight along a high arcing trajectory. Part
of the flight of longer-range ballistic missiles may occur outside the atmosphere and involve the "reentry" of a
warhead or the missile. A cruise missile, as defined by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, is "an
unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that sustains flight through the use of aerodynamic lift over most of its flight
path." Such a missile may carry either a nuclear or conventional warhead (definitions are taken from an arms
control glossary provided by the U.S. State Department). The U.S. National Air Intelligence Center further
stipulates that cruise missiles are "usually categorized by intended mission and launch mode" e.g.
anti-shipping cruise missile, land-attack cruise missile, air-launched cruise missile, submarine-launched cruise
missile. Click here for information on land-attack cruise missiles.

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