A theatre ballistic missile ( TBM ) is any ballistic missile with a range less than 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi), used against targets " in-theatre ". Its range is thus between that of tactical and intermediate-range ballistic missiles . The term is a relatively new one, encompassing the former categories of short-range ballistic missile and medium-range ballistic missile . Examples of this type of in-theatre missile are the Soviet RT-15 , TR-1 Temp and American PGM-19 Jupiter missile, both from the 1960s.
4-696: The RT-15 was a mobile theatre ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War . It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-14 Scamp (alternately the SS-14 Scapegoat ) and carried the GRAU index 8K96 . The RT-15 was an early Soviet attempt to develop a road-mobile theatre ballistic missile . It was intended to be capable of being launched from both sea and ground sites and had
8-420: A maximum range of 2000–2500 km. The weapon's 'reaction time' in the normal readiness condition after its arrival at the launch site would have been 20 to 30 minutes and the 'holding time' at peak readiness (with a time of two to ten minutes before the missile could be launched) would be about a day. RT-15 was developed by the S. P. Korolev design bureau (OKB-1) on the basis of the second and third stages of
12-537: The RT-2 ICBM. The missile was carried on a T-10 heavy tank chassis in a sealed container with a striking resemblance to the US Atlas D ICBM. After missile erection, the container split longitudinally and was withdrawn. The missile was developed in the early 1960s and was first seen on a mobile land launcher during May 1965. Six missiles were experimentally deployed with the 50th Independent Missile Battalion at
16-1075: The rocket base Lesnaya in Belorussia . The system was refused acceptance for general service, on the grounds that the launch support electronics was too bulky and fragile. The missiles at Lesnaya were decommissioned during 1971. Theatre ballistic missile Specific types of TBMs (current, past and under development) include: [REDACTED] China [REDACTED] France [REDACTED] India [REDACTED] Iran [REDACTED] Iraq [REDACTED] Israel [REDACTED] Nazi Germany [REDACTED] North Korea [REDACTED] Pakistan [REDACTED] Serbia [REDACTED] South Korea [REDACTED] Soviet Union / [REDACTED] Russia [REDACTED] Taiwan [REDACTED] Turkey [REDACTED] Ukraine [REDACTED] United States [REDACTED] Yemen This article relating to missiles
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