Nuclear warheads Nuclear warheads The W-53 was a nuclear warhead developed by the United States of America. ...more on Wikipedia about "W-53 warhead"
The W25 was a small nuclear warhead developed by the United States Air Force for air-defense use. It was a fission device with a nominal yield of 1.5 kT. Development of the weapon began in 1954 at the behest of Douglas Aircraft for use against enemy bombers. ...more on Wikipedia about "W25 nuclear warhead"
The W54 was the smallest nuclear warhead deployed by the United States. It was an implosion type Plutonium bomb. ...more on Wikipedia about "W54"
W69 is the name of a United States nuclear warhead used in Short-Range Attack Missiles. It has a yield of approximately 200 kilotons. It is used in the AGM-69 SRAM missile. ...more on Wikipedia about "W69"
W70 is the designation for a nuclear warhead developed by the United States in the early 1970s. It was one of the first warheads to be battlefield-ready with an "enhanced radiation" ( neutron bomb) feature. ...more on Wikipedia about "W70"
The W76 is a United States thermo nuclear warhead, with an estimated yield of 100kt. Inside an Mk-4 re-entry vehicle, it is delivered to its target by the Trident I and Trident II Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles. ...more on Wikipedia about "W76"
The W80 is a small hydrogen bomb in the nuclear stockpile of the USA. It was designed for deployment on cruise missiles, and is warhead used in the majority of nuclear-armed US Air Force ALCM and ACM missles, and their US Navy counterpart, the BGM-109 Tomahawk. It is essentially a modification of the widely deployed W-61 weapon, which forms the basis of most of the current US stockpile. ...more on Wikipedia about "W80 nuclear warhead"
The W85 was a thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States of America to arm the Pershing II missile. It had a variable yield which could be set between 5 and 50 kilotons. ...more on Wikipedia about "W85"
The W88 is a United States thermonuclear warhead, with an estimated yield of 475 kt, and is small enough to fit on MIRVed missiles. The Trident II SLBM can be armed with up to 8 W-88 warheads (Mark 5) or 8 W-76 (100 kt) warheads (Mark 4). ...more on Wikipedia about "W88 nuclear warhead"
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