Intercontinental missile – expert on the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile along the Dnieper – UNIAN
Russia is unlikely to replace the missile's nuclear warhead with a high-explosive one, the expert believes.
Theoretically, Russia could install a high-explosive warhead instead of a nuclear warhead on the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that struck the Dnieper.
This opinion was expressed by Oleg Katkov, editor-in-chief of the specialized military publication Defense Express, on Radio NV. “But this is a separate development, there is no point in creating a high-explosive fragmentation warhead for even medium-range missiles. It is very expensive, and the effect will be very small. There was information that the weight could be 1.2 tons. But there is no point, because almost this The same warhead, but at a much shorter range, is carried by the Korean KN-23 – it can be up to a ton. And it will cost…
