Editing Ballistic missile (section)

== History ==
{{Further|History of rockets|Ballistics}}[[File:Fusée V2.jpg|upright|thumb|Replica [[V-2]]]]One modern pioneer ballistic missile was the A-4,<ref>{{cite book | last = Zaloga | first = Steven | title = V-2 Ballistic Missile 1942–52 | publisher = [[Osprey Publishing]] | location = Reading | year = 2003 | page = [https://archive.org/details/newvanguard8200stev/page/3 3] | isbn = 978-1-84176-541-9 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/newvanguard8200stev/page/3 }}</ref> commonly known as the [[V-2 rocket|V-2]], developed by [[Nazi Germany]] in the 1930s and 1940s under the direction of [[Wernher von Braun]]. The first successful launch of a V-2 was on October 3, 1942, and it began operation on September 6, 1944, against [[Paris]], followed by an attack on London two days later. By the end of World War II in Europe in May 1945, more than 3,000 V-2s had been launched.<ref name="num_fired">{{cite book| author=Clayton K. S. Chun| title=Thunder Over the Horizon: From V-2 Rockets to Ballistic Missiles| publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|year=2006| page=54}}</ref> In addition to its use as a weapon, a [[MW 18014|vertically launched V-2]] became the first human-made object to reach [[outer space]] on June 20, 1944.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://astronautix.com/chrono/19442.htm|title=Peenemuende|last=Wade|first=Mark|website=[[Astronautix.com]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050425131553/http://astronautix.com/chrono/19442.htm|archivedate=2005-04-25|url-status=dead|accessdate=2019-06-07}}</ref>

The [[R-7 Semyorka]] was the first [[intercontinental ballistic missile]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Launching The Space Age |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/space-race/online/sec200/sec250.htm#:~:text=R-7:%20THE%20WORLD%27S%20FIRST,hurl%20a%20spacecraft%20into%20orbit. |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=airandspace.si.edu}}</ref>

The [[October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel|largest ballistic missile attack in history]] took place on 1 October 2024 when the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|Iranian Revolutionary Guard]] launched about 200 missiles at [[Israel]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Tal |date=6 October 2024 |title=How effective was Iran’s attack? The Israeli public doesn’t have the full picture |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-effective-was-irans-attack-the-israeli-public-doesnt-have-the-full-picture/ |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=The Times of Israel}}</ref> a distance of about 1,500 kilometers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-25 |title=What to Know About Iran's Ballistic Missile Attacks and Israel's Efforts to Defend Itself {{!}} AJC |url=https://www.ajc.org/news/what-to-know-about-irans-ballistic-missile-attacks-and-israels-efforts-to-defend-itself |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.ajc.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-largest-missile-battle-in-history-the-iron-dome-was-not-involved/ar-AA1rxYii |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Distance from Jerusalem, Israel to Tehran, Iran |url=https://www.geodatos.net/en/distances/from-jerusalem-to-tehran |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.geodatos.net}}</ref> The missiles arrived about 15 minutes after launch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What we know about Iran's latest missile attack on Israel |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70w1j0l488o |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> It is believed that Iran's [[Fattah-1 (missile)|Fattah-1]] and [[Kheibar Shekan|Kheybar Shekan]] missiles were used, which both have a range of about 1,400 km.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doyle |first=Gerry |date=2 October 2024 |title=Iranian missile strike on Israel shows capability for greater scale, complexity |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-missile-strike-israel-shows-capability-greater-scale-complexity-2024-10-02/ |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref> 

[[File:Minuteman III diagram.png|thumb|Side view of Minuteman-III ICBM]]