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...on/Russia, and in the tens by China. Modern U.S. and Russian SLBMs carried atmospheric reentry#Warheads|multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV), with ac

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...sly been the Minuteman III standard before arms reduction treaties removed atmospheric reentry#warheads|multiply independently targetable reentry vehicles from these land

...s that if the satellite had entered and not burned up, as intended, during atmospheric reentry, toxic station-keeping propellants on the satellite could be a hazard to pe ...not to be fast enough to kill an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) atmospheric reentry#warheads|reentry vehicle, the associated electronics (SM-3 upgrades to AEGI

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While the basic reentry is unpowered, certain missiles may release atmospheric reentry#warheads|multiple reentry vehicles. The '''bus''' that carries the individu ...-weight greater than 4,350 kilograms. Heavier ICBMs can lift larger single atmospheric reentry#warheads|reentry vehicles, as were needed for early high-yield thermonuclea

...independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) onto a final path by a [[atmospheric reentry#warheads|midcourse '''bus''']], which can align itself, essentially above t Midcourse is followed by '''[[atmospheric reentry]]''', which can be affected by the aerodynamics of the reentry vehicle, the

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...the Y2 a 1.2 Mt yield. One of the miniaturization advances was that the [[atmospheric reentry|reentry vehicle]] and [[beryllium reflector]] were one physical assembly.

...loration probes. Although Eggers is most famous for his pioneering work on atmospheric reentry with a blunt body, arguably his greatest achievement was his work on supers

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...rget is the missile's warhead; ballistic missile warheads are contained in atmospheric reentry#warheads|reentry vehicles of various capabilities. Guided missiles, when t

...und, and subsurface platforms, and while there were aids to attack (e.g., atmospheric reentry|multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV), low-altitude pen

Occasionally space debris can even survive atmospheric reentry and impact the surface. On at least two separate occasions the second stage

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...alternatives. The kinetic energy of an intercontinental ballistic missile atmospheric reentry#warhead|warhead, filled with inert material, may be sufficient to destroy e