MIRV Definition

mûrv
mirved, mirving, mirvs
noun
An intercontinental ballistic missile with several warheads, each of which can be directed to a different target or to the same target at intervals.
Webster's New World
Any such warhead.
Webster's New World
verb
To provide with multiple independent warheads.
American Heritage
To load (a missile) with such warheads.
Webster's New World
abbreviation

(military) Multiple independently-targettable reentry vehicle - the independently targettable reentry capsule for a ballistic missile's payload, typically a nuclear weapon, where the missile has multiple instances of such.

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Origin of MIRV

  • m(ultiple) i(ndependently-targeted) r(eentry) v(ehicles)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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