warhead

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It takes experienced scientists to safely mold volatile fissile material into uranium metal for a warhead and to build in other crucial components.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

It shows the walls and ground covered by small tightly-packed impact marks which match the spread of fragments from an airburst warhead like a PrSM, according to expert analysis.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

That is, kinetic energy destroys the incoming warhead.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Tomahawk missiles being fired from U.S. ships have a warhead of 1,000 pounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Both bombs would be housed inside the casing of a single warhead.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin