nuclear warhead
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According to American estimates, Beijing will reach rough parity with the U.S. in deployed nuclear warheads by the mid-2030s.
He represents something between the pointy end of the spear and City’s personal nuclear warhead.
Putin responded with a show of force, touting a 15-hour test of Russia’s Burevestnik missile, a cruise missile that the Kremlin leader says runs on nuclear energy and can carry a nuclear warhead.
Both countries observe a de facto moratorium on testing nuclear warheads, though Russia and the US do regularly run military drills involving nuclear-capable systems.
From Barron's
If the Burevestnik performs as Putin and his top general boasted, it could deliver a nuclear warhead to the far side of the planet using a unique propulsion system.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.