Editing Intermediate-range ballistic missile (section)

{{Short description|Ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–5,500 km}}
{{Redirect|LRBM|the airport using that [[ICAO]] code|Baia Mare Airport}}
{{Distinguish|Medium-range ballistic missile}}
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[[File:Agni-IV 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|300x300px|Agni-IV missile being launched from [[Abdul Kalam Island]], [[Odisha]], [[India]].]]

An '''intermediate-range ballistic missile''' ('''IRBM''') is a [[ballistic missile]] with a [[range (aeronautics)|range]] between {{no wrap|3,000 to 5,500 km}} ({{no wrap|1,864 to 3,418 miles}}), categorized between a [[medium-range ballistic missile]] (MRBM) and an [[intercontinental ballistic missile]] (ICBM).<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Aviation |first=David W. |last=Wragg |isbn=0-85045-163-9 |publisher=Frederick Fell, Inc. |publication-place=New York |date=1974 |edition=1st American |page=166}}</ref> Classifying ballistic missiles by range is done mostly for convenience. In principle there is little difference between a high-performance IRBM and a low-performance ICBM, because decreasing payload mass can increase the range over the ICBM threshold. The range definition used here is used within the U.S. [[Missile Defense Agency]].