How to Use targetable in a Sentence
targetable
adjective-
When Russia first used the Oreshnik, Ukraine’s military said the missile had six independently targetable warheads, each carrying six submunitions.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
-
With a range of about 4,600 miles (7,360 kilometers), the three-stage, solid-fuel missile can deliver up to 12 independently targetable warheads.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
-
The missile had several warheads that landed in different locations as part of what is known as a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV).
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
-
Each missile carries multiple independently targetable nuclear warheads.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
-
This new solid-fuel ICBM is assessed to carry multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs).
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
-
In March 2024, India said an Agni-5 missile incorporating multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) technology was successfully tested, allowing it to be equipped with multiple nuclear warheads.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
-
The first image of the Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) technology test was published by India's Ministry of Defense on March 12, 2024.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
-
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.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'targetable.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated:
