Top 10 best Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles in the world
1.Name: Trident II (D5)
Manufacturer: USA
Produced: 1977—1990
Entered service: 1990
Length: 13,42 m
Diameter: 2,11 m
Maximum firing range: 11 000 km
Propulsion: Three-stage solid propellant
Launch Weight: 59 078 kg
Throw weight: 2800 kg
Types of Warhead: Nuclear MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles)
Circular probable deviation: 120 m
Guidance system: Astro-inertial with GPS
Warhead: W76 100 kT or W88 475 kT
Number of MIRVs: 8 x 475 kT
2.Name: R-36M (SS-18 Satan)
Manufacturer: Russia
Produced: 1970
Entered service: 1988
Length: 33,65 m
Diameter: 3 m
Maximum firing range: 16 000 km
Propulsion: Two-stage liquid propellant
Launch Weight: 209 200 kg
Throw weight: 8800 kg
Types of Warhead: Nuclear MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles)
Circular probable deviation: 430 m
Guidance system: Inertial, autonomous
Warhead: 0.8 – 1 MT
Number of MIRVs: 10
3.Name: RS-24 Yars
Manufacturer : Russia
Produced: 2004
Entered service: 2010
Length: 23 m
Diameter: 2 m
Maximum firing range: 12 000 km
Propulsion: Three-stage solid propellant
Launch Weight: 46500-47200 kg
Throw weight: 1180-1250 kg
Types of Warhead: Nuclear MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles)
Circular probable deviation: 150 m
Guidance system: Inertial with Glonass
Warhead: Nuclear, 150-200 kT. Propulsion
Number of MIRVs: 10
4.Name: LGM-30G Minuteman III
Manufacturer : USA
Produced: 1965-1972
Entered service: 1970
Length: 18.2 m
Diameter: 1.85 m
Maximum firing range: 13000 km
Propulsion: Three-stage solid propellant
Launch Weight: 35400 kg
Throw weight: 10 tons
Types of Warhead: Nuclear MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles)
Circular probable deviation: 0.18-0.28 km
Guidance system: Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network, or MEECN. MEECN receives extremely-high frequency and very-low frequency signals coming
from ground stations
Warhead: 3x W-62 thermonuclear (170 kT) in 3x Mk.12 MIRV (or 3x W-78 thermonuclear (340 kT) in 3x Mk.12A MIRV)
Number of MIRVs: 3
5.Name: R-29RMU2.1 Layner
Manufacturer : Russia
First launch: 2011
Entered service: 2014
Length: 15 m
Diameter: 1,9 m
Maximum firing range: 12 000 km
Propulsion: Three-stage liquid-propellant rocket
Launch Weight: 40 300 kg
Throw weight: 2 800 kg
Types of Warhead: Nuclear MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles)
Circular probable deviation: 500 m
Guidance system: Astro-inertial with GLONASS update
Warhead: 4 × 500kt or 12 × 100kt multiple thermonuclear warheads
Number of MIRVs: 4
6.Name: M51
Manufacturer : France
Produced: 1990
Entered service: 2010
Length: 12 m
Diameter: 2.3 m
Maximum firing range: 10 000 km
Propulsion: 3 stage solid
Launch Weight: 52 000 kg
Throw weight: –
Types of Warhead: Nuclear MIRV(Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles)
with ABM (anti-ballistic missile)
Circular probable deviation: 250 m
Guidance system: Astro-inertial guidance. Galileo (satellite navigation)
Warhead: 6 to 10 TN 75 MIRV 110 kiloton (kt) (420 TJ), with penetration aids
Number of MIRVs: 6-10 x 107 kT
7.Name: DF-41
Manufacturer : China
Produced: The project has been under development since the 1980
Entered service: 2017
Length: 19.5 m
Diameter: 2 m
Maximum firing range: 12 000 km
Propulsion: Three-stage Solid-fuel rocket
Launch Weight: 80 000 kg
Throw weight: 3000-3200 kg
Types of Warhead: Nuclear MIRV(Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles)
Circular probable deviation: 150-200 m
Guidance system: Inertial, likely with stellar updates and BeiDou
Warhead: Thermonuclear weapon, single 1 Megaton or MIRV with selectable 20, 90, 150 kiloton
Number of MIRVs: up to 10
8.Name: DF-31AG
Manufacturer : China
Produced: 1985
Entered service: 2006
Length: 13 m
Diameter: 2.25 m
Maximum firing range: 11 700 km
Propulsion: Three-stage solid propellant
Launch Weight: 42 000 kg
Throw weight: –
Types of Warhead: Nuclear MIRV(Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles) and TEL( Transporter Erector Launcher) vehicle is based on 8-axle Taian special
wheeled chassis
Circular probable deviation: 500 km
Guidance system: Astro-inertial guidance with BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
Warhead: Nuclear 1-3 MT
Number of MIRVs: 10
9.Name: JL-2
Manufacturer : China
Produced: 1990
Entered service: 2004
Length: 13 m
Diameter: 2m
Maximum firing range: 7200 km
Propulsion: Three-stage solid propellant
Launch Weight: 42 000 kg
Throw weight: –
Types of Warhead: –
Circular probable deviation: 200 m
Guidance system: Astro-inertial with Beidou
Warhead: Nuclear 250-1000 kT
Number of MIRVs: 3 or 4
10.Name: Bulava
Manufacturer : Russia
Produced: 1998
Entered service: 2018
Length: 12.1 m
Diameter: 2 m
Maximum firing range: 8000-9300 km
Propulsion: 3-stage solid-fuel
Launch Weight: 36 800 kg
Throw weight: 1150 kg
Types of Warhead: Nuclear MIRV(Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles)
Circular probable deviation: 350 m
Guidance system: Astro-inertial guidance with On-board digital computer complex
Warhead: Nuclear triad 150 kT
Number of MIRVs: 6-10