Image: Peacekeeper-missile-testing

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Description: LGM-118A Peacekeeper missile system being tested at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This is a long exposure photo showing the paths of the multiple re-entry vehicles deployed by the missile. One Peacekeeper can hold up to 10 nuclear warheads, each independently targeted. Were the warheads armed with a nuclear payload, each would carry with it the explosive power of twenty-five Hiroshima-sized weapons which is equivalent to around 400 kilotons of TNT.
Title: Peacekeeper-missile-testing
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Author: David James Paquin (attributed) The original uploader was Solipsist at English Wikipedia
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