targetable
adjective
tar·get·able
ˈtär-gə-tə-bəl 
: capable of being aimed at a target
missiles with targetable warheads
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The missile combines the technologies of earlier versions, including the DF-5 and DF-41, and carries multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) with nuclear or conventional warheads, according to the publication Defense Mirror.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
This new solid-fuel ICBM is assessed to carry multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs).
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There are up to 24 missiles on each Ohio class and 16 missiles on each Vanguard class, with each missile carrying multiple, independently targetable nuclear warheads.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
Many are equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), allowing a single missile to strike several targets simultaneously.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Non-Endemic Advertising This movement toward identifiable, targetable audiences has the power to attract product and service providers beyond the retailer’s own inventory.
—Hai Mag, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
During the second half of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union chose to deploy multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs, missiles loaded with several nuclear warheads.
—Charles L. Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
This new solid-fuel ICBM is assessed to carry multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs).
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There are up to 24 missiles on each Ohio class and 16 missiles on each Vanguard class, with each missile carrying multiple, independently targetable nuclear warheads.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
Many are equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), allowing a single missile to strike several targets simultaneously.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Non-Endemic Advertising This movement toward identifiable, targetable audiences has the power to attract product and service providers beyond the retailer’s own inventory.
—Hai Mag, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
During the second half of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union chose to deploy multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs, missiles loaded with several nuclear warheads.
—Charles L. Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
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“Targetable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/targetable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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