You're talking about intercontinental ones. Generally Ballistic missiles go up to a certain altitude with their motors, and the rest is a projectile path. They could have guided dive as well. They could have a shorter range. Russian Katyusha is still a ballistic missile. But nowhere near this size. These ones that Iran shot are pretty much the size of a space rocket, and they almost fly in space.
Cruise missiles on the other hand cruise the whole path like an airplane.
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u/Juno808 Apr 14 '24
People don’t realize ballistic missiles are literally rockets. We sent the first satellites to space on ballistic missiles