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n. - The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents.

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  • The decision to use nuclear weapons, regardless of the size of the warhead, is always a political one.
  • There is also a nuclear warhead, which is not exported.
  • The warhead is the largest ever fitted in a U.S. missile.
  • A thing, people will take up the challenge to prove them wrong, and even the threat of SDI sparked innovation in warhead delivery vehicles.
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