: the section of a missile containing the explosive, chemical, or incendiary charge
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The warhead uses a proximity and digital impact fuze rather than the Stinger’s impact and time-delay fuzes, allowing near-misses to still result in kills.
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David Szondy
february 08, New Atlas, 8 Feb. 2026
Trump insists any new nuclear pact must include China, whose arsenal grew from 200 warheads to over 600 since 2020, but Beijing refuses to participate.
—Vladimir Isachenkov, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Global arms control faces a critical moment The 2010 New START treaty ran out on Thursday, leaving Russia and the United States for the first time in more than half a century without any binding constraints on their deployments of strategic missiles and warheads.
—Reuters, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
Details of the pact New START, signed in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, restricted each side to no more than 1,550 nuclear warheads on no more than 700 missiles and bombers — deployed and ready for use.
—Vladimir Isachenkov, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
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David Szondy
february 08, New Atlas, 8 Feb. 2026
Trump insists any new nuclear pact must include China, whose arsenal grew from 200 warheads to over 600 since 2020, but Beijing refuses to participate.
—Vladimir Isachenkov, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Global arms control faces a critical moment The 2010 New START treaty ran out on Thursday, leaving Russia and the United States for the first time in more than half a century without any binding constraints on their deployments of strategic missiles and warheads.
—Reuters, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
Details of the pact New START, signed in 2010 by then-President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, restricted each side to no more than 1,550 nuclear warheads on no more than 700 missiles and bombers — deployed and ready for use.
—Vladimir Isachenkov, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Warhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warhead. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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warhead
noun
war·head
ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌhed 
: the section of a missile containing the charge
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