§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Defence in what way the term throweight as used in the statement on the nuclear balance in the Defence Estimates 1984 is a measure of the destructive potential of nuclear missiles.
§ Mr. StanleyThe throweight of a ballistic missile is the maximum useful weight, and therefore a measure of the capacity, of the boost stage of a missile. It is directly related to the number and size of warheads which can be carried and thus the destructive power of the missile.