noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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chemical
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Initial fears that the Scuds were carrying chemical warheads proved groundless.
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Faced with the threat of nuclear, chemical or biological warheads , missing one or two is not an acceptable option.
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It revealed 10,000 chemical bombs, as well as 50 Scud missiles, including at least 30 with chemical warheads for long-range missiles.
nuclear
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It is so small and mobile that it could easily be hidden, and it can carry nuclear or conventional warheads .
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And nuclear warheads seem to be the weapon or toy of choice for all those involved.
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The Citadel was where nuclear warheads were made.
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Each tube can hold a Trident missile with up to eight nuclear warheads that can be flung 4, 000 nautical miles.
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The proportions of the mix in the Reagan/Brezhnev head are based on the number of nuclear warheads in each leader's arsenal.
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The Soviet Union, however, once loaded the missile with a 1-megaton nuclear warhead .
■ VERB
carry
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It is so small and mobile that it could easily be hidden, and it can carry nuclear or conventional warheads .
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Currently, the Royal Navy is expected to carry 512 nuclear warheads on its Trident fleet.
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The Western hemisphere would soon be in range of and vulnerable to Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles, carrying megaton warheads .
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Initial fears that the Scuds were carrying chemical warheads proved groundless.
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These missiles can carry several warheads each, bringing the total to 6400.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At worst, they can sink or lose their nuclear warheads at sea.
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Each tube can hold a Trident missile with up to eight nuclear warheads that can be flung 4, 000 nautical miles.
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If he believes in friendship and partnership, at whom will we be pointing the Trident warheads?
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Indeed, fusion bombs and warheads must be periodically disassembled and recharged with fresh tritium.
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That would make decoys irrelevant, because the explosion would take out warhead and decoys alike over a wide area.
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The campaign's agenda of Trident, conversion, test bans and warhead convoys is plenty wide enough.
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They might as well have been armed with nerf warheads.