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Originally Posted by Raellus
I would be very surprised if actual conventional payloads for ICBMs exist in any significant numbers at all. I doubt it.
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Over the last decade there was a lot of discussion of just these types of warheads.
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL33067.pdf
Yes targeting them at a foe with ICBMs would be stupid, but I think they were expected to be a counter for those with MRBMs at best (DPRK and Iran). Hoping to catch one of their lower tech missiles while being fueled for example.
edit added wiki link.
Prompt_Global_Strike