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Some weapons, typically explosive weapons with arming delays for operator safety and missiles which need to complete boost phases before their seeker activates or their tracker captures them, also have a '''minimum effective range'''. Below this range the projectile is either not armed and only functional as a kinetic impactor, or incapable of tracking and only effective against a perfectly stationary target.
 
Some weapons, typically explosive weapons with arming delays for operator safety and missiles which need to complete boost phases before their seeker activates or their tracker captures them, also have a '''minimum effective range'''. Below this range the projectile is either not armed and only functional as a kinetic impactor, or incapable of tracking and only effective against a perfectly stationary target.
 
Weapons designed primarily for anti-aircraft use often have their '''AA Ceiling''' quoted, which is a measure of the maximum vertical range at which they can successfully engage a target.
 
   
 
There are four main types of effective range figure:
 
There are four main types of effective range figure:
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