Range and Payload of Ballistic Missles Deployed in the Middle East (DATED 1998)

Monterey Institute of International Studies ^ | Institute of International Studies. July 1998 | Prepared by Michael Barletta and Erik Jorgensen,

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Range and Payload of Ballistic Missiles and Space Launch Vehicles (SLV) Deployed in the Middle East¹

2,001- 2,500kg payload				CSS-2/DF-3 (2,800km, 2,150kg) Saudi Arabia
1,501- 2,000kg payload
1,001- 1,500kg payload
501- 1,000kg payload		Project T2 (450km, 985kg) Egypt Scud-B (300km, 985kg) Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, UAE, Yemen Scud-C (500km, 700kg) Iran, Libya3, Syria	Jericho-2 (1,500km, 1,000kg) Israel
251- 500kg payload	Mushak-120 (130km, 500kg) Iran MGM-52 Lance (130km, 450kg) Israel SS-21 Scarab (70km, 480kg) Libya, Syria, Yemen	Al Hussein (650km, 500kg) Iraq?4 Jericho-1 (500km, 500kg) Israel Mushak-200 (200km, 500kg) Iran Mushak-160 (160km, 500kg) Iran MGM-140 ATACMS5 (160km, 450kg) Turkey
250kg or less payload	CSS-8 (150km, 190kg) Iran Ababil-50 (50km, 95kg) Iraq			Shavit6 (4,500km, 150-200kg) Israel
	BSRBM* <150km range	SRBM 150-799km range	MRBM 800-2,399km range	IRBM 2,400-5,499km range

 

* This chart is based on ballistic missile range classifications defined by the Centre for Defence and International Studies. See: "Range Classifications," [Online] http://www.cdiss.org.

BSRBM	Battlefield Short-Range Ballistic Missile	<150km	(<94 miles)
SRBM	Short-Range Ballistic Missile	150-799km	(94-499 miles)
MRBM	Medium-Range Ballistic Missile	800-2,399km	(500-1,499 miles)
IRBM	Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile	2,400-5,499km	(1,500-3,437 miles)
ICBM	Intercontinental-Range Ballistic Missile	>5,500km	(>3,438 miles)

Sources:

1. This chart summarizes information available from public sources. Data were drawn primarily from: "Missile and Space Launch Capabilities of Selected Countries," The Nonproliferation Review, forthcoming 1998. Duncan Lennox, ed., Jane's Strategic Weapons Systems Issue 24, 5/97. Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, "Master Tables," [Online] http://www.cdiss.org. Federation of American Scientists, "Missile Proliferation Update," [Online] http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/missile/index.html.
        Data were also drawn from articles in: Air & Cosmos/Aviation International, Arms Control Reporter, Arms Control Today, Defense News, Ha'aretz, International Herald Tribune, Flight International, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jane's Intelligence Review, Jerusalem Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Nuclear News, Policy Watch, Report on Middle East Affairs, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Voprosy bezaposnosti, Washington Times, Weekly Defense Monitor, and Yedi'ot Aharonot.

• The Project T is a Scud derivative.
• The Libyan Scud-C achieves a longer range (550km) by reducing the payload to 500kg.
• Iraq may retain a small number of complete Al Hussein (modified Scud-B) missiles as well as components for dozens more. Michael Eisenstadt, "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD): Unresolved Issues," Policywatch #304, 2/27/98, [Online] http://www.washingtoninstitute.org. Anthony H. Cordesman, "Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East: National Efforts, War Fighting Capabilities, Weapons Lethality, Terrorism and Arms Control Implications" (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2/98). US Government White Paper, "Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs," 2/13/98, [Online] http://www.usia.gov/regional/nea/iraq/whitepap.htm.
• ATACMS = Army Tactical Missile System.
• The Shavit is a space launch vehicle (SLV) designed to place satellites into orbit. However, SLVs can be redesigned and equipped with guidance systems to function as ballistic missiles with similar range and payload characteristics.

  Prepared by Michael Barletta and Erik Jorgensen,
  Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. July 1998

  
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