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Multiple reentry vehicle
A Multiple Reentry vehicle payload for a ballistic missile deploys multiple warheads in a pattern against a single target.
(As opposed to MIRV, which deploys multiple warheads against multiple targets.MIRV technology has proven more attractive than MRV for advanced nations)
The advantage of an MRV over a single warhead is that the damage produced in the center of the pattern is far greater than the damage possible from any single warhead in the MRV cluster, this makes for an efficient area attack weapon. Also, the sheer number of Warheads make interception by Anti-ballistic missiles unlikely.e.g
Polaris A-3
SS-9 Mod 4
Maneuverable reentry vehicle
The maneuverable reentry vehicle (abbreviated MARV or MaRV) is a type of ballistic missile warhead capable of shifting targets in flighte.g
Trident
B-611
DF-15
DF-21
DF-31
DF-41
JL-2
Topol-M and RS-24
Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle
A multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) warhead is a collection of nuclear weapons carried on a single intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). Using a MIRV warhead, a single launched missile can strike several targets, or fewer targets redundantly. By contrast a unitary warhead is a single warhead on a single missile.
Pakistani engineers, with help from the Chinese, are also said to be in the advance stages of developing MIRV technology for its missiles. This would allow the military to fit several warheads on the same ballistic missile and then launch them at separate targets
The MIRV U.S. Peacekeeper missile, with the re-entry vehicles highlighted in red.
Russia's newest MIRV, the RS-24, blasts off on May 29 (ITAR-TASS)
May 31, 2007
A Multiple Reentry vehicle payload for a ballistic missile deploys multiple warheads in a pattern against a single target.
(As opposed to MIRV, which deploys multiple warheads against multiple targets.MIRV technology has proven more attractive than MRV for advanced nations)
The advantage of an MRV over a single warhead is that the damage produced in the center of the pattern is far greater than the damage possible from any single warhead in the MRV cluster, this makes for an efficient area attack weapon. Also, the sheer number of Warheads make interception by Anti-ballistic missiles unlikely.e.g
Polaris A-3
SS-9 Mod 4
Maneuverable reentry vehicle
The maneuverable reentry vehicle (abbreviated MARV or MaRV) is a type of ballistic missile warhead capable of shifting targets in flighte.g
Trident
B-611
DF-15
DF-21
DF-31
DF-41
JL-2
Topol-M and RS-24
Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle
A multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) warhead is a collection of nuclear weapons carried on a single intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). Using a MIRV warhead, a single launched missile can strike several targets, or fewer targets redundantly. By contrast a unitary warhead is a single warhead on a single missile.
Minuteman III MIRV launch sequence: 1. The missile launches out of its silo by firing its first stage boost motor (A). 2. About 60 seconds after launch, the 1st stage drops off and the second stage motor (B) ignites. The missile shroud (E) is ejected. 3. About 120 seconds after launch, the third stage motor (C) ignites and separates from the 2nd stage. 4. About 180 seconds after launch, third stage thrust terminates and the Post-Boost Vehicle (D) separates from the rocket. 5. The Post-Boost Vehicle maneuvers itself and prepares for re-entry vehicle (RV) deployment. 6. While the Post-Boost Vehicle backs away, the RVs, decoys, and chaff are deployed (although the figure shows this happening during descent, this may occur during ascent instead). 7. The RVs and chaff re-enter the atmosphere at high speeds and are armed in flight. 8. The nuclear warheads detonate, either as air bursts or ground bursts.
Pakistani engineers, with help from the Chinese, are also said to be in the advance stages of developing MIRV technology for its missiles. This would allow the military to fit several warheads on the same ballistic missile and then launch them at separate targets
The MIRV U.S. Peacekeeper missile, with the re-entry vehicles highlighted in red.
Russia's newest MIRV, the RS-24, blasts off on May 29 (ITAR-TASS)
May 31, 2007
; LETB, Life Extension Test Bed (the second of two test beds for demonstrating proof-of-principle concepts for ballistic missile delivery in CPGS and discussed in Chapter 4 in the subsection entitled on “Guidance, Navigation, and Control Accuracy Issues”
