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ballistic missile

missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath
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Summary

ballistic missile is a weapon type[1]. It draws 12,523 Wikipedia views per month (weapon type category, ranking #118 of 694).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: missile[3]
  • Commons category: Ballistic missiles[4]
  • Opposite of: cruise missile[5], anti-ballistic missile[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ballistic missiles[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox ballistic missile[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]

Why It Matters

ballistic missile has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

R-36M reentry vehicle

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da'
    Gnd id → 7522258-9
    Sitelink count → 78
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ballistic-missiles
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: ballistic-missiles, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910983|ballistic missiles (#289910983)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  3. 7w ago · ~2026-45050-23 · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → cruise missile, anti-ballistic missile
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Opposite of: anti-ballistic missile"
  4. 17w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → balistine-raketa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: balistine-raketa"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → weapon type
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Opposite of → cruise missile, anti-ballistic missile
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007282434905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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