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reentry vehicle

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noun

  1. the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.


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Kim Yo Jong referenced that debate in her Monday statement, disputing claims by some experts that footage shot from Japan showed a reentry vehicle failing in flight.

From Reuters ● Feb. 22, 2023

The North has claimed to have acquired such a reentry vehicle technology.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

The test reentry vehicle flew about 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the Air Force said Friday.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2023

This might be an effort to overcome issues with the reentry vehicle — the part of the missile that protects the warhead during launch and brings it back into the Earth’s atmosphere.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2017

“They’d have to build a pretty good reentry vehicle for that,” says Ryan Barenklau, the CEO of Washington, D.C.–based think-tank Strategic Sentinel.

From Time ● Sep. 5, 2017

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