- A
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) is an
exoatmospheric ballistic missile payload containing several warheads, each
capable of...
- retaliation.
Though the
Minuteman III of the mid-1960s was
MIRVed with
three warheads,
heavily MIRVed vehicles threatened to
upset the balance;
these included...
- retaliation.
Though the
Minuteman III of the mid-1960s was
MIRVed with 3 warheads,
heavily MIRVed vehicles threatened to
upset the balance;
these included...
-
yield of 475
kilotons of TNT (1,990 TJ), and is
small enough to fit on
MIRVed missiles. The W88 was
designed at the Los
Alamos National Laboratory in...
-
Minuteman III ICBM test
launch from
Vandenberg Air
Force Base,
United States.
MIRVed land-based
ICBMs are
considered destabilizing because they tend to put a...
-
targets defended by ABMs. However, the
Minutemen III
missiles were
later "de-
MIRVed";
since 2016 they have had only a
single warhead per missile,
either a W78...
- San Jose
Mercury News
reported that the U.S. W88
nuclear warhead, a
small MIRVed warhead used on the
Trident II SLBM, had a
prolate primary (code-named Komodo)...
-
March 2024. Agni-VI – 10,000 km (6,200 mi)–12,000 km (7,500 mi)
range with
MIRVed warheads.
Currently in
planning stage.
Cruise Missiles Hypersonic cruise...
-
fixed ICBM launchers. Likewise, the
agreement would limit the
number of
MIRVed ballistic missiles and long
range missiles to 1,320. However, the United...
-
construction to refueling)
Armament 20 ×
Trident I C4 SLBM with up to 8
MIRVed 100 ktTNT W76
nuclear warheads each,
range 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)...
