Nuclear Future: Rethinking the Nuclear Forces in the Days to Come

... later stages, and with the U.S. is now reactivating programs to modernize its triad. Alexander Yermakov: The Nuclear Triad: Alternatives from the Days Gone By The 1970s saw a proliferation of new type of payloads for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), namely called a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV). The development of miniaturized thermonuclear warheads, missile and electronic technology converged into a system that instead of hitting a target with a single warhead ...