: the section of a missile containing the explosive, chemical, or incendiary charge
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While some defense experts have predicted that the Kremlin might detonate one or more nuclear warheads in space as an asymmetric attack that could wipe out at least part of the far superior American rings of satellites, Grossfeld says that strategy would carry immense risk for Russia.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The meeting comes as experts broadly agree that Iran's breakout time for amassing enough fissile material to produce a nuclear warhead has dwindled to just one to two weeks -- and that Tehran could produce a deliverable nuclear weapon in less than a year.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
These include radio jammers, laser and microwave weapons, robotic grappling arms, chemical sprays, kinetic kill vehicles and even nuclear warheads that can take out entire constellations of satellites.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2025
This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.
—Seung-Whan Choi, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The meeting comes as experts broadly agree that Iran's breakout time for amassing enough fissile material to produce a nuclear warhead has dwindled to just one to two weeks -- and that Tehran could produce a deliverable nuclear weapon in less than a year.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
These include radio jammers, laser and microwave weapons, robotic grappling arms, chemical sprays, kinetic kill vehicles and even nuclear warheads that can take out entire constellations of satellites.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2025
This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.
—Seung-Whan Choi, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Warhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warhead. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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warhead
noun
war·head
ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌhed 
: the section of a missile containing the charge
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