The W93 Warhead - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

w68 warhead  English: A W68 thermonuclear warhead in a Mk3 reentry body at the US Missile and Rocket Hallway in the unclassified section at the Nuclear Weapons W68 for Poseidon SLBMbr > W69 for AGM-69 SRAMbr > W70 for Lance Earth-penetrating warheadbr > optionbr > W87 for

warhead Only the 100 kT W-76, with 20% of the blast area, is much smaller The 50 kT W-68, with 14% of the blast area, was retired 30 years ago Its layout is similar to that of the smaller B61, with the warhead W68 · W69 · W70 · W71 · W73 · W76 · W78 · W80 · W81 · W84 · W85 · W86 · W87

After its cancellation, the W68 warhead was used for the Poseidon and the W78 for the Minuteman III Advertisement See also List of nuclear weapons · LGM The W68 was the smallest strategic warhead ever deployed by the The yield of the W62 had to be sufficient for attacking hardened