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We have all heard this term used before and we have a good idea of what it means but let me give you the book definition.
A warhead is the explosive or destructive material and its detonator which is delivered to a target. There are different types of warheads depending on what kind of damage that you want to do to the target. They are conventional, nuclear, inert, chemical, biological, or kinetic.
Now I know that the majority of you know what these are and what they do but this info is for those custom military ring customers who did not get a lot of time in combat arms branches of service.
The rocket, missile, or torpedo which delivers a conventional warhead delivers a regular high explosive charge. An inert warhead is another word for a dummy round. Inert warheads are used for target practice. They save money because they don’t have a payload. Chemical and biological warheads are especially nasty. They contain either chemicals, or germs that will cause death upon contact. The last one, the kinetic warhead doesn’t contain explosives because it dosesn’t have to. This warhead travels at such a high speed that the force of its contact will destroy whatever it hits. Now my devoted, dedicated military ring customer, have you been educated today?
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