: the section of a missile containing the explosive, chemical, or incendiary charge
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Jeffrey Lewis, a Middlebury Institute of International Studies missile expert, said the Sparrow variant can be equipped with an inert warhead, which may explain the limited physical damage in Doha despite the lethal force.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
The warhead is the existing 110-pound TBBCh-50.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Every wall was stacked to the ceiling with thousands of suicide drones, ready for assembly and waiting for the appropriate warhead, to be determined by whatever the next day’s priority targets would be.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
The arsenal is growing rapidly, believed to have reached 600 warheads this year—more than double its 2019 count—according to estimates from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
The warhead is the existing 110-pound TBBCh-50.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Every wall was stacked to the ceiling with thousands of suicide drones, ready for assembly and waiting for the appropriate warhead, to be determined by whatever the next day’s priority targets would be.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
The arsenal is growing rapidly, believed to have reached 600 warheads this year—more than double its 2019 count—according to estimates from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Warhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warhead. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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warhead
noun
war·head
ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌhed 
: the section of a missile containing the charge
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