Throw Weight (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the lifting power, or payload maximum, of a ballistic missile exclusive of the weight of the rocket itself, and including the weight of the warhead or warheads and of guidance and penetration systems; ballistic delivery power: larger Russian missiles with a throw weight of up to 20 megatons.
noun
  1. the maximum weight of supplementary mechanisms that can be lifted by the boost stages of a particular missile
Throw Weight (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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