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That portion of a missile flight during which multiple warheads are deployed on different paths to different targets (also referred to as the post-boost phase). The warheads on a single missile are carried on a platform or bus (also referred to as a post-boost vehicle), which has small rocket motors to move the bus slightly from its original path.
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