Throw-weight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Throw-weight is a noun meaning (military) A measure of the effective weight of ballistic missile payloads, given in kilograms or tonnes.
Meaning
(military) A measure of the effective weight of ballistic missile payloads, given in kilograms or tonnes.
More Meanings
- (military, nautical) A measure of the total weight of projectiles that can be delivered by a single broadside.
Example Sentences
The Soviet arsenal of deliverable nuclear weapons was significantly smaller than the American one in 1960, but grew fast. By 1964 it had reached about 1,000 megatonnes, or about 13 per cent greater than the US 'throw weight' in that year, but less than the Americans had had in 1964.
Word Forms
- throw-weights
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include weight, weighth, yield, kilotonnage, kilotonne, kilogram.
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