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Russia’s use of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Thursday is the latest escalation in ... it’s the first time MIRV has been used in combat,” Hans Kristensen, the director of the ...
A multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) is an exoatmospheric ballistic missile payload containing several warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit a different target. The concept is almost invariably associated with intercontinental ballistic missiles carrying thermonuclear warheads , even if not strictly being limited to ...
Oreshnik (Russian: Орешник, lit. 'Hazel tree'), [2] is a Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) characterized by its reported speed exceeding Mach 10 (12,300 km/h; 7,610 mph; 3.40 km/s), according to the Ukrainian military.
Missiles include R-29R SLBMs, R-29RMU Sineva / R-29RMU2 Liner SLBMs with MIRV warheads and Bulava SLBMs with MIRV warheads. The United Kingdom's Royal Navy has four Vanguard-class SSBNs, each armed with 16 Trident II SLBMs with MIRV warheads for a total of 64 Trident II missiles and 225 nuclear warheads.
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Pakistan has for the first time successfully test-fired its surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of delivering multiple warheads, using Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology,” The missile, called Ababeel, has a maximum range of 2,200km and “is capable of delivering multiple warheads, using Multiple Independent Re ...
An altercation erupts at a high-level meeting of a Russia ...