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  2. Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle - Wikipedia

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    While a MIRV attacking missile can have multiple warheads (3-12 on United States and Russian missiles), interceptors may have only one warhead per missile. Thus, in both a military and an economic sense, MIRVs render ABM systems less effective, as the costs of maintaining a workable defense against MIRVs would greatly increase, requiring ...

  3. RS-26 Rubezh - Wikipedia

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    The RS-26 Rubezh (Russian: РС-26 Рубеж, meaning frontier or boundary), designated by NATO as SS-X-31, [4] is a Russian solid-fueled intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with a nuclear warhead, of which the range bracket just barely classifies it as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

  4. RS-24 Yars - Wikipedia

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    Combat support vehicle BMS used for driving school and rescue towing of the TEL. The RS-24 Yars (РС-24 Ярс – ракета стратегическая (strategic missile)-modification 24) also known as Topol-MR, NATO reporting name SS-29 [7] [dubious – discuss] or SS-27 Mod 2 [8] [6] [1] [9]), is a Russian MIRV-equipped, thermonuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile first ...

  5. List of intercontinental ballistic missiles - Wikipedia

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    Trident missile launch at sea from a Royal Navy Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine The U.S. Navy currently has 18 Ohio -class submarines deployed, of which 14 are designated SSBNs and armed with 24 [ citation needed ] Trident II SLBMs each, for a total of 288 Trident II missiles equipped with 1,152 MIRV nuclear warheads.

  6. Avangard (hypersonic glide vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    The Avangard (Russian: Авангард, "Vanguard"; previously known as Objekt 4202, Yu-71 and Yu-74) is a Russian hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV). It can be carried as a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) payload of heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), such as the UR-100UTTKh, [6] [7] R-36M2 and RS-28 Sarmat.

  7. File:1976-MIRV-A-Brief-History-Minuteman.pdf - Wikipedia

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    English: "MIRV: A Brief History of Minuteman and Multiple Reentry Vehicles" describes the history of the development of multiple independent reentry vehicles (MIRV) for the Minuteman ICBM. Date February 1976

  8. Putin says Russia hit Ukraine with a new ballistic missile ...

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    A Pentagon spokesperson told reporters later on Thursday that Russia had launched an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile based on the RS-26 design. That older missile is an ICBM in ...

  9. Oreshnik (missile) - Wikipedia

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    According to The Moscow Times, the medium-range missile strike was part of a propaganda campaign orchestrated by the Russian military and intelligence services to intimidate Western leadership and populations. The operation was reportedly a response to Ukraine being permitted to use long-range missiles against Russian targets, with the ultimate ...