Meaning Of The Word Throw weight

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throw weight in American English
noun: the lifting power, or payload maximum, of a ballistic missile exclusive of the weight of the rocket itself, and including the weight of the warhead or warheads and of guidance and penetration systems; ballistic delivery power

throw weight in British English
noun: the maximum weight of supplementary mechanisms that can be lifted by the boost stages of a particular missile

throw-weight in American English
the payload capacity of an ICBM

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