Posted by: sloanjh
« on: September 17, 2010, 08:53:39 AM », though MIRV is said easier than MWM.Unless you've got your mouth full....
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Posted by: Erik L
« on: September 16, 2010, 02:43:54 PM »I call the delivery vehicle in Astra Imperia a MIRV, and the independent warheads are "submunitions". It's easy enough to change MIRV to MWM, though MIRV is said easier than MWM. 
Posted by: Charlie Beeler
« on: September 16, 2010, 01:42:10 PM »[rant mode]
Mostly this just grates on my nerves because it's a wrong use of the acronym.
MIRV stands for Multiple Independently targetable Reentry Vehicle. These are the submunitions of various classes of ICBM's and not the actual transport bus.
Where I see multiple posts about the use of "MIRV's", the actual subject being discussed is the transport bus with multiple submunitions. A better discription would be Multiple Warhead Missile, MWM for short.
I don't expect anyone to change thier terminology just because it bugs me. Just needed to rant.
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Mostly this just grates on my nerves because it's a wrong use of the acronym.
MIRV stands for Multiple Independently targetable Reentry Vehicle. These are the submunitions of various classes of ICBM's and not the actual transport bus.
Where I see multiple posts about the use of "MIRV's", the actual subject being discussed is the transport bus with multiple submunitions. A better discription would be Multiple Warhead Missile, MWM for short.
I don't expect anyone to change thier terminology just because it bugs me. Just needed to rant.
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