Some planners think that only a nuclear payload can deliver the punch needed to knock them out.

Many officials argued that these missiles, given their potential accuracy, made sense only as carriers of a nuclear payload.

In recent years, there has been much discussion at the Pentagon about missile attack with chemical, biological or nuclear payloads.

But experts fear its range could be extended if it carried a smaller nuclear payload.

The sculpture included a disassembled sphere that had been designed to hold the nuclear payload of plutonium and uranium.

Although the silos, with their sinister nuclear payloads, are well concealed, most locals know where to find them.

By his calculations, the missile could carry a reduced nuclear payload deep into China.

The missile, more accurate than the Scud, was capable of carrying nuclear payloads.

The mere thought of one loosing its nuclear payload at the rebel forces would be enough to bring about their utter capitulation.