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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe big new bad Russian missile is nothing new ... it is called a MIRV.
And they have been around since the 1970s.
Putin is gas lighting us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle
A multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) is a ballistic missile payload containing several thermonuclear warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit a different target. By contrast, a unitary warhead is a single warhead on a single missile. An intermediate case is the multiple reentry vehicle (MRV) missile which carries several warheads which are dispersed but not individually aimed.[citation needed] Only the United States, United Kingdom, Russian Federation, France, Israel, and China are known to currently possess MIRV missiles.
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Reduces the effectiveness of an anti-ballistic missile system that relies on intercepting individual warheads.[5] While a MIRV attacking missile can have multiple warheads (312 on United States and Russian missiles, or 14 in a maximum payload shorter-range configuration of the Trident II now barred by START), interceptors may have only one warhead per missile. Thus, in both a military and an economic sense, MIRVs render ABM systems less effective, as the costs of maintaining a workable defense against MIRVs would greatly increase, requiring multiple defensive missiles for each offensive one. Decoy reentry vehicles can be used alongside actual warheads to minimize the chances of the actual warheads being intercepted before they reach their targets. A system that destroys the missile earlier in its trajectory (before MIRV separation) is not affected by this but is more difficult, and thus more expensive to implement.
More psy-ops from Vlad.
Botany
(70,518 posts)Cruise missiles, remotely operated aircraft, and nuclear missile subs.
Vlad is trying to get the heat off Trump. Oh, and BTW N. Korea is getting their
new long range from the Ukraine (a part under Putin's control)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/world/asia/north-korea-missiles-ukraine-factory.html
Javaman
(62,531 posts)thanks!
malaise
(269,057 posts)It shows that the fear-mongering related to North Korea is ridiculous.