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Ballistics may refer to:

Science

• Ballistics, the science that deals with the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles
  • Forensic ballistics, the science of analyzing firearm usage in crimes
  • Internal ballistics, the study of the processes accelerating a projectile
  • Transition ballistics, the study of the projectile's behavior when it leaves the barrel
  • External ballistics, the study of the passage of the projectile through space or the air
  • Terminal ballistics, the study of the interaction of a projectile with its target
• Ballistic conduction, conduction of electricity with negligible charge scattering
• Ballistic movement of muscles in an animal

Combat

• Ballistic missile, a missile that follows a sub-orbital flightpath
• Ballistic knife, a specialized combat knife with a detachable, self-propelled blade
• Ballistic shield, a shield meant to protect the user from bullets

Arts and media

Comics

• Ballistic (Image Comics), a comic character of Top Cow Productions
• Ballistic (DC Comics), a DC Comic Book Character

Film

• Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a 2002 film
• Ballistic (film), a 2025 film

Literature

• Ballistic, a 2011 novel by Mark Greaney
• Ballistics, a 2013 novel by D. W. Wilson

Video games

• Puzz Loop, a 1998 video game by Mitchell Corporation, known as Ballistic outside Japan
• Ballistics (video game), a 2001 video game by GRIN
• Ballistic, a playable character in the video game 2019 Apex Legends