throw weight

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throw-weight or throw weight (thr

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The total weight of the warhead or warheads, guidance systems, and other payload of a missile, not including the weight of the rocket.

throw weight

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the maximum weight of supplementary mechanisms that can be lifted by the boost stages of a particular missile

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