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How The U.K. Will Test Its New Nuclear Warhead Without Setting One Off
The MoD does say that the Astraeas will be loaded into Mk 7 re-entry vehicles, a new design that will also be used with the ...
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U.S. has not yet seen N. Korea's atmospheric reentry missile capability: Indo-Pacific Command chief
The reentry technology is required to ensure a missile's warhead can withstand extremely high temperatures during reentry to Earth's atmosphere. Despite repeated ICBM tests, it remains unknown ...
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How Do the Most Powerful Missiles in the US Arsenal Compare to Russia's and China's?
These missiles can be fitted with three independently targeted reentry vehicles, but since 2016 have had only a single 300-335 kiloton warhead apiece. That’s still 20 times more powerful than ...
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How U.S. Minuteman III Tests Stack Up Against Russia's ICBM Track Record
An ICBM can fly more than 3,410 miles and carry more than one warhead, also known as the reentry vehicle. The U.S. and Russia deploy 400 and 329 ICBMs, respectively. These are the most responsive ...
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US Beefs Up Homeland Missile Defense Against North Korea's Nuclear Weapons
Assuming four interceptors are available for targeting each warhead, also referred to as the reentry vehicle, North Korea could saturate the entire GMD system with just 16 warheads. Ted Kerzie ...
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‘Oreshnik’ Warheads Can Withstand Sun’s Temperatures – Putin’s Latest Claim
It was launched from the Kapustin Yar ballistic missile base in the Astrakhan region and reportedly carried a six “multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV)” warheads payload that was ...