MIRV: a nuclear game-changer for India and China

wantchinatimes.com Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs, on Chinese and Indian ballistic missiles potentially pose a more serious threat to the world than the nuclear programs of Iran or North Korea, writes Zachary Keck, the managing editor of Washington-based National Interest magazine in an article published Dec. 19. MIRVs allow Chinese and Indian missiles to carry payloads of several nuclear warheads, Keck wrote, each of which can be directed at different targets. This allows the warheads to be less vulnerable to anti-ballistic missile systems. A single missile containing a MIRV system can be used to eliminate numerous enemy nuclear sites simultaneously using only a small portion of a country's missile force. Second, the kill probability can be increased since the MIRV system allows multiple strikes on the same target. to read more: wantchinatimes.com