“The Oreshnik ballistic missile of the Russian Federation had several warheads – representatives of the United States and Western Russia for the first time used an experimental ballistic missile of the MIRV type with several warheads to strike the Dnieper. The missile is designed to deliver nuclear weapons, but this time it carried conventional warheads.”, — write on: unn.ua
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Known as a Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV), this type of missile is said to carry a series of warheads that can each target its own target, allowing a single ballistic missile to launch a large-scale strike against multiple targets.
MIRVs were developed during the Cold War to deliver multiple nuclear warheads in a single launch.
The US also has this type of missile – the Minuteman III, an intercontinental ballistic missile armed with MIRV missiles.
According to the publication, the Russian missile that hit the Dnipro was not armed with nuclear warheads, but it was designed to deliver nuclear weapons, not to launch conventional weapons.
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On Thursday, Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said it was the first use of an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile “based on” Russia’s RS-26 Rubezh missile model, although Singh did not name the specific type of missile or its capabilities.
Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said this is the first time the MIRV has been used in combat.
In the past, MIRVs were “exclusively for nuclear warheads, and anything more tactical is single or cluster munitions,
We will remind
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine documented Putin’s statement about the use of a medium-range ballistic missile against Ukraine. The statements will be used as evidence of the crime of aggression to bring him to justice.