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multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV)
![Maiden Test for India’s Agni-5 MIRV Missile Maiden Test for India’s Agni-5 MIRV Missile](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-14-175736.jpg)
Maiden Test for India’s Agni-5 MIRV Missile
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
MIRV is a complex technology, and India’s test this week puts it among a small group of countries that have managed to develop it.
![Strategic Shifts: India’s MIRV Milestone and Nuclear Policy Dynamics Strategic Shifts: India’s MIRV Milestone and Nuclear Policy Dynamics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-03-14-141110.jpg)
Strategic Shifts: India’s MIRV Milestone and Nuclear Policy Dynamics
By Rahul Wankhede
Exploring the technical aspects and strategic implications of India’s MIRV breakthrough – and the impact on nuclear doctrine.
![Why Pakistan's Newly Flight-Tested Multiple Nuclear Warhead-Capable Missile Really Matters Why Pakistan's Newly Flight-Tested Multiple Nuclear Warhead-Capable Missile Really Matters](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-24_20-25-43.jpg)
Why Pakistan's Newly Flight-Tested Multiple Nuclear Warhead-Capable Missile Really Matters
By Ankit Panda
Pakistan's pursuit of a MIRV capability complicates strategic stability calculations in South Asia.
![Pakistan Tests New Ballistic Missile Capable of Carrying Multiple Nuclear Warheads Pakistan Tests New Ballistic Missile Capable of Carrying Multiple Nuclear Warheads](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-24_20-25-43.jpg)
Pakistan Tests New Ballistic Missile Capable of Carrying Multiple Nuclear Warheads
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Pakistan has completed the first flight test of the Ababeel surface-to-surface ballistic missile.
![China's MIRVs: Separating Fact From Fiction China's MIRVs: Separating Fact From Fiction](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-15_12-47-18.jpg)
China's MIRVs: Separating Fact From Fiction
By Travis Wheeler
Why is China pursuing MIRVs now and what does this mean for regional stability?
![Confirmed: China is Upgrading ICBMs With Multiple Warheads Confirmed: China is Upgrading ICBMs With Multiple Warheads](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-15_12-47-18.jpg)
Confirmed: China is Upgrading ICBMs With Multiple Warheads
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Beijing has been retrofitting single-warhead ICBMs with multiple, independently targetable re-entry vehicles.
![China's MIRVs: Sign of a Cold War to Come? China's MIRVs: Sign of a Cold War to Come?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-17_22-41-12.jpg)
China's MIRVs: Sign of a Cold War to Come?
By Robert Farley
What caused China's interest in multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle warheads?
![Is China Preparing MIRVed Ballistic Missiles? Is China Preparing MIRVed Ballistic Missiles?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-07_23-16-03.jpg)
Is China Preparing MIRVed Ballistic Missiles?
By Zachary Keck
China's new DF-5A and DF-31A ICBM tests once again highlight its rising interest in MIRVed ICBMs.
![Asia’s Coming Nuclear Arms Race Asia’s Coming Nuclear Arms Race](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-13_21-37-59.jpg)
Asia’s Coming Nuclear Arms Race
By Zachary Keck
The introduction of MIRVed missiles in Asia is likely to prompt a major nuclear arms race in the region.
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