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throw-weight n. Military the effective weight of a payload carried by a ballistic missile; also figurative.
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1966 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 21 May 1/3 As for other ICBM development, he mentioned the need for bigger payloads and added power. ‘We must increase our throw-weight.’
1982 Times 10 May 22/1 The second stage would seek to achieve equal ceilings on ballistic missile ‘throw weight’ at less than current American levels. ‘Throw weight’ is the term used to describe the weight of the warheads which missiles can carry onto a target.
1992 Time 27 Apr. 15/1 The Bush order does not carry much throw weight.
2005 Wired May 151/2 He staked out the territory at the intersection of technology, financial markets, and world trade, which the foreign policy establishment, still focused on cruise missiles and throw weights, had largely ignored.
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