Anti-ballistic weapon - Misplaced Pages

Weapon intended to counter ballistic objects

An anti-ballistic weapon is any weapon (be it a missile, a laser, or another type of object) designed to counter threats which are ballistic objects.

"Ballistic objects" include:

Artillery rockets
Artillery shells
Ballistic missiles
Mortar bombs
Rocket-propelled mortar bombs

Current Tactical Systems

Israel

Iron Dome

References

"Antiballistic missile (ABM) | Missile Defense, Nuclear Deterrence & Arms Control | Britannica".

External links

Media related to Anti-ballistic weapons at Wikimedia Commons

Weapons

History

Premodern	African Chinese Early thermal weapons Japanese Medieval
Modern	Early modern Napoleonic American Indian Wars War of the Pacific Crimean War American Civil War War of the Triple Alliance Spanish–American War Mexican Revolution Antique Pre-20th century firearms
World War I	Chemical Infantry Australia Austria-Hungary Belgium Bulgaria Canada France Germany Greece India Italy Japan Montenegro New Zealand Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Turkey United Kingdom United States
Interwar period	Chaco War Spanish Civil War (Nationalist/Republican) Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese/National Revolutionary Army)
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Cold War	Korean War Vietnam War Six-Day War Portuguese Colonial War Rhodesian Bush War South African Border War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Iran–Iraq War Laotian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Dominican Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Gulf War
Post-Cold War	Yugoslav Wars Afghanistan War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War

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Current Tactical Systems

Israel

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