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The difference between Ballistic and Cruise Missile is asked often in the SSB interviews and DRDO Interviews. These kinds of Missiles are important in the arsenal of any Military Power in the world.
Difference between Ballistic and Cruise Missile:
| Ballistic Missile | Cruise Missile |
|---|---|
| The engine of a Ballistic Missile is similar to a rocket engine | Cruise Missile engines are quite similar to turbojet engines. |
| It is propelled for a very short period of time | It is propelled throughout its flight time |
| The Long-range Missiles exit the earth’s atmosphere and re-nters it | Cruise Missile operates within the earth’s atmosphere |
| The range of a Ballistic Missile is 300 km to 12,000 | The range of Cruise Missile is within 600 km |
| The aim of Ballistic missiles is to destroy the bigger areas ex: a city | The aim of Cruise missiles is to destroy the smaller areas ex: Hideouts or Ships |
| It is un-guided in most of its flight time | It is guided throughout its flight time |
| It operates on non-air breathing engines ex: Solid and Liquid Rocket Motors | It operates on air-breathing engines i.e. compressed air is necessary for combustion |
| Precision in less, as it has to hit a larger area | Precision and accuracy are more, as the target is a smaller area |
| It can carry a heavy payload | Payload carrying capacity is less |
| Multiple Warheads can be delivered | Single Warhead is delivered |
| Ex: Agni and Pruthvi series Missiles | Ex: BrahMos and Nirbhay Missiles |
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