Warhead

If it passes muster, they could run the test on every other warhead intended for destruction as well, and make sure that the data signatures from those additional bombs match the signature of the original warhead.

As with a blast/frag warhead, the use of this type of warhead does not require a direct body-on-body impact, so greatly reducing tracking and steering accuracy requirements.

At a predetermined distance from the incoming re-entry vehicle (RV) the warhead releases, in the case of the ABM warhead by an explosive expulsion charge, an array of mainly rod-like sub-projectiles into the RV's flight path.

In this type of warhead, the shape of the explosive material within the warhead focuses the explosive energy on a copper (or similar metal) lining.

Its armament was either a convert conventional warhead or a W40 nuclear warhead (7–10 kiloton yield).

It takes up a ballistic trajectory that will deliver a reentry vehicle containing a warhead to a target, and then releases a warhead on that trajectory.

One of the unavoidable effects on the warhead's trajectory was the mass of the Earth, which is not even, and contains many mass concentrations that pull on the warhead.

Recent controversial U.S. nuclear policies * Reliable Replacement Warhead Program (RRW): This program seeks to replace existing warheads with a smaller number of warhead types designed to be easier to maintain without testing.

The active radar also gives the warhead a "hit-to-kill" ( kinetic kill vehicle ) capability that completely eliminates the need for a traditional proximity-fused warhead.

The advantage of an MRV over a single warhead is that the damage produced in the center of the pattern is far greater than the damage possible from any single warhead in the MRV cluster, this makes for an efficient area attack weapon.

The AGM-65 has two types of warhead: one has a contact fuze in the nose, the other has a heavyweight warhead fitted with a delayed-action fuze, which penetrates the target with its kinetic energy before detonating.

The reason for the use of this type of warhead and not a blast/frag is that the fragments produced by a blast/frag warhead cannot guarantee penetration of the RV's casing.

These rounds were "fixed", meaning that, unlike the artillery, the warhead was factory attached to the propellant, and if the warhead separated from the propellant during loading, which was not uncommon, the crewmen were instructed not to load the round.

The thermobaric explosion of the burning fuel acts, in effect, as an additional warhead and can even be more powerful than the main warhead itself with enough left at short ranges.

As powerful as Superman is, a nuclear warhead would absolutely deal serious damage to him.

A wall poster near one of the green devices described a warhead called “Hwasan-31,” based on the Korean word for volcano.

He paid for the warhead to get the seller to let it go.

He would later assemble mercs like Domino, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Hit-Monkey, and others on a second roster.

I have now rigged my doorbell to a mark V nuclear warhead.

Its reach did not exceed 2 to 3 kilometers, with a small warhead.