The explosive head of a missile or torpedo that uses nuclear energy.
four of these missiles carried nuclear warheads
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- They are making progress in developing more sophisticated nuclear warheads and missiles.
- It is estimated that throughout the world there were 40,000 nuclear warheads.
- How many nuclear warheads do they possess?
- It takes sophisticated engineering to make nuclear warheads with plutonium that are small enough to mount on ballistic missiles.
- Both countries developed rockets that had nuclear warheads.
- In strategic terms, the most valuable kind of nuclear warhead is that launched from a submarine.
- It is certainly not possible to defend against nuclear warheads or other weapons of mass destruction.
- The treaty would cut the number of long-range nuclear warheads by nearly two-thirds.
- The air force retains the capability to deliver nuclear warheads of varying yields.
- They have also tested ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads.