: the section of a missile containing the explosive, chemical, or incendiary charge
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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), part of the US Department of Energy, has finished the last production unit of the W88 Alteration 370 program, a significant step in updating an important nuclear warhead used on Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
There are other ways to defeat drones, however, including using traditional weapons, blowing them out of the sky with other drones armed with explosive warheads, or simply ramming into them.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
By the end of the nineteen-sixties, the five nations had almost forty thousand warheads.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Lethal objects refer to missile warheads, while nonlethal objects—such as decoys—are countermeasures designed to help armed missile payloads penetrate missile defenses.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
There are other ways to defeat drones, however, including using traditional weapons, blowing them out of the sky with other drones armed with explosive warheads, or simply ramming into them.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
By the end of the nineteen-sixties, the five nations had almost forty thousand warheads.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Lethal objects refer to missile warheads, while nonlethal objects—such as decoys—are countermeasures designed to help armed missile payloads penetrate missile defenses.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Warhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warhead. Accessed 22 Dec. 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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