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Theatre ballistic missile
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Theatre ballistic missile
A
theatre ballistic missile
(
TBM
) is any
ballistic missile
with a
range
between and , used against targets "
in-theatre
". Its range is thus between that of
tactical
and
intercontinental ballistic missiles
. The term is a relatively new one, encompassing the former categories of
short-range ballistic missile
,
medium-range ballistic missile
and
intermediate-range ballistic missile
. Two examples of this type of in-theatre
missile
are the
Soviet
RT-15
and
American
PGM-17 Thor
missile, both from the 1960s.
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