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Warheads

LC control no.sh2005004553
Topical headingWarheads
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See alsoOrdnance
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Found inWork cat.: Tactical missile warheads, 1993.
Department of Defense dictionary of military and associated terms, 1989 (warhead ... That part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents or inert materials intended to inflict damage)
McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms, 2003 (warhead -- An item that is designed to be mounted on a torpedo, guided missile, rocket, or bomb; it may contain high-explosives, nuclear, chemical, biological, or inert materials)
Web 3 (warhead ... the section of a torpedo or other missile containing the explosive chemical, or incendiary charge and the means of setting it off)