What is MIRV (Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle)?

W87 Warheads on MIRV-bus
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Kimmo Huosionmaa People normally ask what actually means term MIRV? The term means that nuclear missile carries many warheads, what it can target to the same point or different locations on the enemy ground. This means that one “Sarmat” missile can destroy one big area or 24 cities around the world. Term MRV (Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle) means normally that nuclear missile carries warheads, what can change their course during flight. This weapon is very devastating, and it can avoid kinetic energy ABM (Anti Ballistic Missile) system. That warhead is equipped with sensors, what notices the incoming ABM-rocket, and then it starts to turn, what makes the direct hit to target very difficult. Intercontinental ballistic missiles would operate many ways, and there would be many advantages in that equipment since 1960’s. Modern missiles are equipped with artificial intelligence, what makes the defense against them difficult. First, the hit to enemy ground would happen that some warheads detonated in orbital trajectory. That would cause damages to radars and other equipment, what are guided those ABM-systems. Also, some of those warheads could probably return to Earth and re-installed to missiles. That makes the threatening with those weapons more effective because those weapons can send to the skies and park over the enemy capital city. And if the war would begin, those weapons can strike with warning time, what takes seconds.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle

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http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/W87clr.jpg

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