: the section of a missile containing the explosive, chemical, or incendiary charge
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In June 2025, EOS demonstrated the destruction of a tank using a Rodeur 330 fitted with an inert warhead, controlled via FPV.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Carrying a 1,000-pound penetrating warhead and with a range of up to 620 miles (1,000 kilometers), the JASSM can also be fired well off Iranian shores from a range of US Air Force jets, including F-15, F-16 and F-35 fighters and B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers, as well as US Navy F/A-18 fighters.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
Putin has bragged that Oreshnik's multiple warheads plunge at rates of up to ten times the speed of sound and can't be intercepted, and that several of them used in a conventional strike could be as devastating as a nuclear attack.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Though capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the Oreshnik missile can also carry conventional warheads, as in this attack.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Carrying a 1,000-pound penetrating warhead and with a range of up to 620 miles (1,000 kilometers), the JASSM can also be fired well off Iranian shores from a range of US Air Force jets, including F-15, F-16 and F-35 fighters and B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers, as well as US Navy F/A-18 fighters.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
Putin has bragged that Oreshnik's multiple warheads plunge at rates of up to ten times the speed of sound and can't be intercepted, and that several of them used in a conventional strike could be as devastating as a nuclear attack.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Though capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the Oreshnik missile can also carry conventional warheads, as in this attack.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Warhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warhead. Accessed 2 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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