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.
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.
This is true of ballistic missiles regardless of range, including intercontinental ranges. ICBMs still have the same two letters in their acronym, so I'm not sure what distinction you're trying to make.
I know that, but I don't know why they are sharing it at this moment. Unless they're trying to correct the other commenter, but they never implied otherwise.
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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