: the section of a missile containing the explosive, chemical, or incendiary charge
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The arsenal is growing rapidly, believed to have reached 600 warheads this year—more than double its 2019 count—according to estimates from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Pentagon officials say the SDA's satellite constellation, officially called the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, is tailored to detect and track more modern threats, such as smaller missiles and hypersonic weapons carrying conventional warheads.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Customers can integrate their warheads, while MBDA will also supply options.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
After the Houthis fired a ballistic missile armed with a new type of cluster warhead in late August, Israel carried out a strike that killed the group’s prime minister and other senior officials.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Pentagon officials say the SDA's satellite constellation, officially called the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, is tailored to detect and track more modern threats, such as smaller missiles and hypersonic weapons carrying conventional warheads.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Customers can integrate their warheads, while MBDA will also supply options.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
After the Houthis fired a ballistic missile armed with a new type of cluster warhead in late August, Israel carried out a strike that killed the group’s prime minister and other senior officials.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Warhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warhead. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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warhead
noun
war·head
ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌhed 
: the section of a missile containing the charge
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