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MIRV

American  
[murv] / mɜrv /
Or M.I.R.V.

noun

  1. multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.

MIRV British  
/ mɜːv /

acronym

    1. multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicle: a missile that has several warheads, each one being directed to different enemy targets

    2. any of the warheads

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MIRV, even more than the anti-ballistic missile, threatens to upset the uneasy balance of deterrence that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. have achieved.

From Time Magazine Archive

Defense Secretary Melvin Laird feels that the halt is temporary; he has speculated that the Soviets might be pausing to refit the rocket with their own version of MIRV.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U.S. had thought the Russians were five years away from developing MIRV.

From Time Magazine Archive

They have assailed such targets as the war in Viet Nam, the ABM, and MIRV, nerve gas and wiretaps.

From Time Magazine Archive

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