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Ballistic missile

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Difference between Ballistic & Cruise missile

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North Korea tests its 'largest intercontinental ballistic missile test ever'

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Russia launches intercontinental ballistic missile as part of nuclear drills

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Russia tests intercontinental ballistic missile l ABC News

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North Korea successfully tests a ballistic missile capable of hitting the US

A ballistic missile follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver one or more warheads on a predetermined target. These weapons are only guided during relatively brief periods of flight—most of their trajectory is unpowered, being governed by gravity and air resistance if in the atmosphere. Shorter range ballistic missiles stay within the Earth's atmosphere, while longer-ranged intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), are launched on a sub-orbital flight trajectory and spend most of their flight out of the atmosphere.
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