throw-weight or throw weight (thr  w t )n. 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
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(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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