Explore: Nuclear Warheads And Missiles

cruise missiles and is the warhead used in all nuclear-armed AGM-86 Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) and AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missile (ACM) missiles deployed

A21 is a British nuclear warhead planned to replace the Holbrook warheads on Royal Navy submarines from the 2030s. The new warhead will be carried by

American Scientists there are approximately 3,904 active nuclear warheads and 12,331 total nuclear warheads in the world as of 2025. The Stockholm International

ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and strategic bombers with nuclear bombs and missiles. More broadly, it can sometimes be used to mean any nuclear force with

North Korea can miniaturize nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles. Whether North Korea has technology to protect their missiles upon re-entry is unknown

000 mi). Up to 16 missiles can be carried by each submarine, and each missile can carry eight total warheads in MIRV configuration. The warheads have a yield

nuclear warhead, allowing a single missile to hit multiple targets. MIRV was an outgrowth of the rapidly shrinking size and weight of modern warheads

deploy no more than 96 warheads. In 2010, this was reduced to a maximum of forty warheads, split between eight missiles. The missiles are part of a shared

anti-ballistic missile system. The system uses Gorgon and Gazelle missiles previously armed with nuclear warheads. These missiles have been updated (2017) and use

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), all nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and missile launchers