At the flight's very end, a proximity fuse fires an explosive warhead.

The system's development was stimulated in large part by the introduction of new high explosive anti-tank warheads.

It was accurate enough for use against surface ships and land targets, but these missions required an explosive warhead.

And no way of knowing whether it was already fitted with an explosive warhead for its trials role.

The 'iron birds' were obviously large rockets with an explosive warhead.

However, its explosive warhead was still powerful enough to make a 30 cm-deep crater in a patch of sand.

But there were also explosive warheads that were more than sufficient to blow a fighter out of the air.

Missiles generally have one or more explosive warheads, although other weapon types may also be used.

It's got a large explosive warhead that they can detach and fix to the target ship.