Longest Range Missiles
Overview
Compare the longest-range missiles in the world, from ICBMs capable of striking any point on Earth to long-range cruise missiles used in modern conflicts. Range determines strategic reach and is a key measure of deterrence capability and power projection.
Longest Range Missiles
| # | Name | Country | km | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 1 | RS-28 Sarmat | 🇷🇺 Russia | 18,000 | |
| 🥈 2 | R36M / RS-20 | 🇨🇳 Ex-USSR | 16,000 | |
| 🥉 3 | R-36 | 🇨🇳 Ex-USSR | 16,000 | |
| 4 | Dongfeng DF-41 | 🇨🇳 China | 15,000 | |
| 5 | Hwasong-17 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 15,000 | |
| 6 | LGM-30 Minuteman III | 🇺🇸 United States | 14,000 | |
| 7 | Hwasong-15 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 13,000 | |
| 8 | Dongfeng DF-5 | 🇨🇳 China | 12,000 | |
| 9 | Trident 2D5 | 🇺🇸 United States | 12,000 | |
| 10 | RS-24 Yars | 🇷🇺 Russia | 12,000 | |
| 11 | Dongfeng DF-31 | 🇨🇳 China | 11,200 | |
| 12 | MGM-134 Midgetman | 🇺🇸 United States | 11,000 | |
| 13 | RT-2PM2 Topol-M | 🇷🇺 Russia | 11,000 | |
| 14 | Hwasong-14 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 10,400 | |
| 15 | RT-23 Molodets | 🇨🇳 Ex-USSR | 10,000 |
| # | Name | Country | km | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | M51 | 🇫🇷 France | 10,000 | |
| 17 | LGM-118 Peacekeeper | 🇺🇸 United States | 9,600 | |
| 18 | RSM-56 Bulava | 🇷🇺 Russia | 9,500 | |
| 19 | R-39 | 🇨🇳 Ex-USSR | 8,300 | |
| 20 | R-29RM Shtil | 🇷🇺 Russia | 8,300 | |
| 21 | Agni-V | 🇮🇳 India | 8,000 | |
| 22 | Dongfeng DF-27 | 🇨🇳 China | 8,000 | |
| 23 | Trident 1C4 | 🇺🇸 United States | 7,400 | |
| 24 | R-29 | 🇨🇳 Ex-USSR | 6,500 | |
| 25 | M-45 | 🇫🇷 France | 6,000 | |
| 26 | Dongfeng DF-4 | 🇨🇳 China | 5,500 | |
| 27 | Oreshnik | 🇷🇺 Russia | 5,500 | |
| 28 | Dongfeng DF-3 | 🇨🇳 China | 5,000 | |
| 29 | M-4 | 🇫🇷 France | 5,000 | |
| 30 | Dongfeng DF-26 | 🇨🇳 China | 5,000 |
| # | Name | Country | km | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Hwasong-12 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 4,500 | |
| 32 | Agni-IV | 🇮🇳 India | 4,000 | |
| 33 | Hwasong-8 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 4,000 | |
| 34 | Dark Eagle | 🇺🇸 United States | 3,704 | |
| 35 | Kh-101 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 3,500 | |
| 36 | Agni-II | 🇮🇳 India | 3,500 | |
| 37 | Agni-III | 🇮🇳 India | 3,500 | |
| 38 | RK-55 Granat | 🇷🇺 Russia | 3,000 | |
| 39 | Kh-55 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2,500 | |
| 40 | BGM-109 TLAM Tomahawk | 🇺🇸 United States | 2,500 | |
| 41 | 3M14 Kalibr | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2,500 | |
| 42 | Dongfeng DF-17 | 🇨🇳 China | 2,500 | |
| 43 | Arrow 3 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 2,400 | |
| 44 | Dongfeng DF-21 | 🇨🇳 China | 2,150 | |
| 45 | Kh-47M2 Kinzhal | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2,000 |
| # | Name | Country | km | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Shahab-3 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 2,000 | |
| 47 | Shaheen II | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 2,000 | |
| 48 | Khorramshahr | 🇮🇷 Iran | 2,000 | |
| 49 | Sejjil | 🇮🇷 Iran | 2,000 | |
| 50 | Kheibar / Khorramshahr-4 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 2,000 |
About this Ranking
Range determines strategic reach. A missile that can strike 15,000 kilometers away gives its operator a fundamentally different set of options than one limited to 300 kilometers. The longest-range missiles are consequently the most strategically significant weapons ever built — they underpin nuclear deterrence and define the limits of power projection.
The ranking is led by intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) — weapons designed to deliver nuclear payloads across hemispheres in under 30 minutes. The United States, Russia, and China all field land-based ICBMs with ranges exceeding 10,000 km; Russia's RS-28 Sarmat has a stated range exceeding 18,000 km, sufficient to reach any point on Earth via polar trajectories designed to bypass traditional missile defense corridors.
Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) offer comparable range with a survivability advantage: a submarine at sea is far harder to destroy in a first strike than a fixed silo. The UK's Trident II D5 and France's M51 represent the Western SLBM fleet; Russia's Bulava and China's JL-3 are their counterparts.
Below the ICBM tier, long-range cruise missiles extend conventional precision strike into the thousands-of-kilometers range: the US Tomahawk, Russia's Kalibr, and China's CJ-10 all offer standoff attack capability that has proven decisive in recent conflicts. This ranking covers all missile categories — ballistic and cruise — sorted strictly by maximum stated range.