- Domain
- Strategic
- NCF capability
- Strategic deterrence
- Military Balance category
- ICBMs
- SIPRI category
- Missiles
- Evidence that places a platform here
- intercontinental · \bICBMs?\b · Minuteman · Sentinel · Topol · Yars · Sarmat · DF-(5|31|41) · Hwasong-1[4-9] · Agni-V\b
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesLegacy only · 1United KingdomNoneAustraliaNoneFranceNoneGermanyNoneJapanNoneSouth KoreaNoneCanadaNoneItalyNoneIndiaModern · 1TürkiyeNoneSaudi ArabiaNoneBrazilNoneIndonesiaNoneMexicoNoneArgentinaNoneSouth AfricaNoneRussiaModern · 3ChinaModern · 5IsraelNoneUkraineNoneTaiwanNoneIranNoneNorth KoreaModern · 5
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 0 of these 11, retirements for 0. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
| Platform | Operators | Active | On order | In service | Generation | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agni-V | 1 | 2012 | IND | |||
| DF-31 | 1 | 1999 | CHN | |||
| DF-41 | 1 | CHN | ||||
| DF-5 | 1 | 1981 | CHN | |||
| DF-61 | 1 | 2025 | CHN | |||
| Hwasong-14 | 1 | 2017 | PRK | |||
| Hwasong-15 | 1 | 2017 | PRK | |||
| Hwasong-17 | 1 | 2020 | PRK | |||
| Hwasong-18 | 1 | PRK | ||||
| Hwasong-19 | 1 | PRK | ||||
| JL-2 | 1 | 2011 | CHN | |||
| LGM-30 Minuteman | 1 | 1962 | USA | |||
| R-36 | 1 | 1974 | SUN | |||
| RS-24 Yars | 1 | 2010 | RUS | |||
| RS-28 Sarmat | 1 | RUS |
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only intercontinental ballistic missile in colour.
United States LGM-30 Minuteman –
India Agni-V –
Russia R-36 –, RS-24 Yars –, RS-28 Sarmat –
China DF-31 –, DF-41 –, DF-5 –
North Korea Hwasong-14 –, Hwasong-15 –, Hwasong-17 –