10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIRV»
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MIRV in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
MIRV and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
A SPECIAL REPORT MIRV — Gorgon Medusa of the Nuclear Age The Soviet
ABM and Arms Control. ALEXANDER DE VOLPI \\Tien ICBMs were first
developed, one warhead was fitted to each launch vehicle. Eventually, as the
weight of the ...
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
e.g., of the order of 100 kilotons. This use of MIRV — or rather MRV — is
stabilizing in offsetting the de-stabilizing ABM. A second use of MIRV is to make
better use of one's firepower (throw- weight) for the destruction of cities and other
soft ...
3
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The rationale for going ahead with MIRV (multiple independently targeted re-
entry vehicle) had been to assure our ability to penetrate a Soviet antiballistic
missile defense with not just one nuclear warhead, but with 3 to 16 warheads on
each ...
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
much less clear. This ambiguity is most evident in the most recent, much
publicized, tests and deployment of MIRV and ABM, which have been aptly
described as "the next round in the arms race." ...
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The State, Society, and Limited Nuclear War
The development of the MIRV took place primarily in the 1960s, though it was not
deployed on the Minuteman HI until 1970.79 Many of the most salient debates
about the MIRV, particularly those within Congress, took place in the late 1960s ...
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
MIRV flight testing. In 1 968 when Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford approved
the start of MIRV flight tests on both the Minuteman III and Poseidon missiles, he
saw the tests as a bargaining chip. Clifford asserted, "an ongoing MIRV test
series ...
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Antiballistic Missile Defence in the 1980s
It is possible that they could decide to scrap all of their MIRV ICBMs apart from
the 308 'heavy' SS-18 allowed them under SALT II (and tested with ten warheads
). and build 512 new 'single model' ICBMs of the 'light' type permitted under SALT
...
Ian Bellany, Coit D. Blacker,
1983
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
In terms of long-range security, the serious implications of MIRV can hardly be
over-estimated. It is politically unlikely that unilateral restraint in its development
will occur, but a bilateral agreement between the United States and the Soviet ...
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Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear ...
MIRV and Minuteman III Its successor, Minuteman III, broke in one crucial respect
from all previous ICBMs. Each missile was equipped with three different
warheads that could be dispatched to different targets, in the system known as
MIRV ...
Donald A. MacKenzie,
1993
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
MIRV technology originated with development of a special stage, or “bus,”to
launch several orbital satellites with a single launcher. The United States started
full-scale development of the three-stage Minuteman III ICBM with three
warheads in ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIRV»
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MIRV is used in the context of the following news items.
Nuclear War, Radioactive Fallout and the Earth's Global Ecosystem
... the world in less than an hour; and then MIRV'd (multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles)—giving each missile the potential to carry ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
The Bravo Test and the Death and Life of the Global Ecosystem in …
... the world in less than an hour; and then MIRV'd (multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles)—giving each missile the potential to carry ... «Japan Focus, Jul 15»
Seventy Years After the Trinity Test, There Are 16000 Nuclear …
By 1970 the United States also had Multiple Independently targetable Reentry Vehicles (MIRV) with multiple warheads that could be ... «Air & Space Magazine, Jul 15»
India's Nuclear Powered Submarine To Undergo Missile Tests This …
It is widely expected to be a four-stage ICBM with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRV) and a maneuverable re-entry ... «Defenseworld.net, Jul 15»
Nuclear arms race in South Asia
Military experts in the US understand that a Chinese MIRV missile will be adorned with multiple warheads, allowing a single missile to hit a ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
Police tape off areas at least four locations around Winnipeg on …
MIRV has since left the area, but were also present. Traffic was guided as part of the road was blocked. Around 3:00 p.m. crews were called to ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
Blast rocks Winnipeg neighbourhood as police investigate bombing
The MIRV and fire left the scene a short time later. The area remained blocked off at 10 p.m Sunday night. Global News will update this story as ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
Existential Risks – my shortlist ranging from conventional to bizarre
This is 60 year old technology now, if we include ICBM rocketry, and telemetry, and miniaturized, MIRV'd (50 year old tech!) warheads and are ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jul 15»
Russia To Ready Prototype Of New Heavy Intercontinental Ballistic …
Instead of a MIRV warhead the prototype will carry a dummy. The booster will not be turned on. Sarmat will rise several dozen meters above the ... «International Business Times, Jun 15»
PLA's MIRV-equipped missiles may pose threat to US
As China's missile defense technology develops, the country's anti-ballistic technology has seen a parallel rise, according to Sina's military ... «WantChinaTimes, Jun 15»