Mk-11 and Mk-12A Re-Entry Vehicles

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Mk-11 and Mk-12A Re-Entry Vehicles
Mk-11 and Mk-12A Re-Entry Vehicles

Hill Aerospace Museum

ICBM REENTRY VEHICLES
A Reentry Vehicle (RV) is an object that reenters the atmosphere after a launch, such as the reentry capsules that allow astronauts to return to Earth after spaceflight. The reentry vehicle on an ICBM is the warhead it delivers to a target. Reentry vehicles in an ICBM sit on a platform at the top of the missile, covered by a shroud that protects them from heat as they move through Earth's atmosphere. Once the missile is in space, the protective shroud ejects from the missile, allowing the warheads to deploy.

MK-11 REENTRY VEHICLE
MK-11s housed the single nuclear warhead on U.S. Air Force Minuteman I and II intercontinental ballistic missiles, which were deployed from the 1960s into the 1990s.

MK-12A REENTRY VEHICLE
he reentry system on a Minuteman III missile can carry up to three Reentry Vehicles (RVS), commonly known as warheads. However, each Minuteman III missile in the U.S. arsenal is armed with only a single warhead to comply with the Nuclear Posture Review, a Department of Defense process that determines the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. strategy. Also impacting warhead distribution is the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty-an agreement between the U.S. and Russia that places limits on intercontinental nuclear weapons.

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Taken on: December 13, 2022
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