The thermonuclearwarhead launched at the enemy fleet had been faulty or sabotaged into premature detonation.
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In the text: "Could they have built an ICBM with a thermonuclearwarhead..." the word "termonuclear" was corrected to "thermonuclear."
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US officials were quoted as saying it may have been a test of components of such a powerful thermonuclearwarhead, rather than a fully-assembled weapon.
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So what happens to the 50 US thermonuclearwarheads stored on its soil?
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It was too late for either side to safely fire long-range thermonuclearwarheads.
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Twelve thermonuclearwarheads were exploded here; one that failed scattered plutonium debris over the island.
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"Could they have built an ICBM with a thermonuclearwarhead in secret?"
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If global war is waged with intercontinental missiles equipped with thermonuclearwarheads, the relatively small neutral countries cannot help getting hurt.
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"I'm not sure that I'm particularly comfortable with the idea of an animal crawling around in a rack full of thermonuclearwarheads."