China has hundreds of short-range ballistic missiles pointed at the island.

But the country is also investing in large numbers of more modern short-range ballistic missiles.

Those include a nuclear test in May and short-range ballistic missile launches on July 4.

"Even a short-range ballistic missile provides Middle East countries with a truly strategic weapons system."

There have also been unconfirmed news reports in Taiwan that the military is developing short-range ballistic missiles.

The Alacrán program developed a functional short-range ballistic missile.

Jericho I was first publicly identified as an operational short-range ballistic missile system in late 1971.

The SS-21 is a short-range ballistic missile carried on a mobile launcher.

The Western alliance now says several short-range ballistic missiles were launched on Thursday morning.

Already, the mainland possesses enough short-range ballistic missiles to overwhelm Taiwan's defenses.

Targets were to include enemy aircraft, cruise missiles and short-range ballistic missiles.

In the meantime, China is relying on a blunt instrument of military power: short-range ballistic missiles that it can manufacture itself.

Fajr 7 is an Iranian short-range ballistic missile.

Fateh-110 missiles which carry a half-ton warhead is a short-range ballistic missile developed by Iran and first put into service in 2002.

We will bring home and destroy all of our nuclear artillery shells and short-range ballistic missile warheads.

The agency said the system also tracked a short-range ballistic missile, but that “there is no indication that it hit its target."

In Brussels, a Nato official said a number of short-range ballistic missiles had been launched inside Syria.

The launch of a Short-Range Ballistic Missile target, however, didn't produce the same result.

April 15: Pakistan conducts test of a nuclear-capable short-range ballistic missile, Shaheen.

Typical stand-off weapons include cruise missiles, glide bombs and short-range ballistic missiles.

In 2000, the Clinton administration said Iraq restarted its missile program and flight-tested a short-range ballistic missile.

Lower-tier defenses are designed to intercept short-range ballistic missiles, with ranges of up to roughly 600 to 1,500 kilometers, depending on the system.

This desire was to manifest itself in the V-1 cruise missile and V-2 short-range ballistic missile campaigns late that year.

Commanders in Saudi Arabia pinpointed a need for more timely and accurate information on incoming short-range ballistic missiles.

It is likely working to improve the accuracy of its short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs).