India's ICBM Will Carry Multiple Nuclear Warheads

An anonymous reader writes "India is equipping its longest range nuclear-capable missile, the Agni-V, with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs), The Diplomat reports. A MIRVed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) carries multiple nuclear warheads on a single missile, which it dispenses towards numerous or a single target after the final stage of the ICBM boosts off. MIRVed missiles destabilized the Cold War nuclear balance and are likely to do so again: 'Because they give nations greater confidence in being able to destroy an adversary's hardened missile silo sites in a first strike by launching multiple, lower yield warheads at the sites.'"

Comments

One useful use of these missiles:

[Issarlk]

Nukes stopped the war, they should be able to stop rapists in India.

One vehicle per guy in a gangrape should do the job ; nuclear deterrence indeed.

Re:Just another way to destroy ourselves

[MrWindmill]

A lot of Americans suffer from obesity, yet you oppose a ban on soda cup size as if a 16 ounce cup isn't big enough. Way to go, USA. There's nothing like getting your priorities straight.

Re:Just another way to destroy ourselves

[SplashMyBandit]

The Government has no business telling you what you can or cannot do with regard to soda. In theory at least, the US Government has no powers other than those granted in the Constitution. So either the Government must discard the Constitution and can then dictate in minute detail what you can eat, drink and think - or the Constitution holds and the Government can GTFO of your life. Only closest totalitarians want the former.