Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

An ICBM, or Inter Continental Ballistic Missile is a nuclear weapon of mass destruction which can, as it's name implies, be launched towards any region on the face of the planet. There are only a few nations in possession of ICBM's, amongst them are the United States and Russia. ICBM's contain multiple nuclear warheads that deploy in flight, making to possible for one ICBM to destroy multiple cities hundreds of miles apart. Due to their destructive potentials, the launch of an ICBM can pose an enormous threat towards any country as they can slaughter millions of individuals and cover the land in deadly radiation.

In Game
ICBM's were first seen in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, where Imran Zakhaev ordered the launch of launch two captured RT-2UTTH Topol-M ICBM's at a former Russian Loyalist weapons facility.They were launched to the eight largest cities in the East Coast of the United States: Boston, Hartford, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Richmond and Norfolk. Another 4 missiles were launced but their targets are unknown possibly heading to the UK. Since the missiles carried multiple independent nuclear warheads, it was estimated that the nuclear holocaust on the US soil would kill over 41 million US citizens incinerating them in the blast, almost 10% of the American population. Soap MacTavish, under the command of Captain Price is tasked with destroying the missiles in mid flight by capturing the launch room and aborting the missiles from there. After the crisis, the government passes the launches off as Russian missile tests, showing they don't want the public to know what really happened.