Sentence examples for warheads in a from inspiring English sources

They carry cruise missiles which could be fitted with nuclear warheads in a crisis.

The US yesterday revealed for the first time the size of its nuclear arsenal, 5,113 warheads, in a move intended to signal Washington is serious about disarmament.

The discovery of a number of 122-milimeter chemical rocket warheads in a bunker at a storage depot 170 kilometers southwest of Baghdad was much publicized.

After deployment, the kill vehicle has about a minute to identify the warheads in a cloud of decoys as it closes on the targets at high speeds.

The goal of the test, named Red Oak, Phase 1, was to "evaluate the effectiveness of Sarin-filled 155-mm artillery projectiles and 115-mm rocket warheads in a tropical jungle environment," the report states.

Secretary Powell acknowledged that the Pentagon planned to keep about 4,600 warheads in a "responsive force": 1,700 to 2,200 would be immediately available, and another 2,400 to 2,900 would be on active reserve.

Higgins also craved daily fodder for his blog, and it seemed every day he delivered a newsworthy video about rocket launchers or warheads in Syria, a country then becoming more volatile.

An adversary might even hide the warhead in a decoylike balloon, they say.

How to reliably find a warhead in a field of decoys?

Intercontinental missiles, however, spend most of their trajectory in space and can conceal their warhead in a cloud of accompanying decoys.

He noted that an interceptor never got close to a mock warhead in a recent test and chided antimissile officials for, in his view, belittling the cause of the failure.