The first atomic bomb. A bomb of this size would create a fireball 6 4 square miles large and would be able to give humans third degree burns within 4 080 square miles of the bomb s epicentre. The tsar bomba as the test was ultimately known had a yield between 50 and 58 megatons twice the size of the second largest nuclear blast.
The w59 had a yield of 1 megaton mt. Combined the warhead and reentry vehicle had a width of 16 3 inches height of 47 8 inches and weighed 550 pounds. In terms of identification the w59 refers to the nuclear warhead manufactured and the term mk 5 refers to the reentry vehicle used with that specific warhead.
Pure test units which were experiments and not intended to. Us nuclear weapons of all types bombs warheads shells and others are numbered in the same sequence starting with the mark 1 and as of march 2006 ending with the w 91 which was canceled prior to introduction into service all designs which were formally intended to be weapons at some point received a number designation. Enhanced radiation neutron bomb version 2 yield options slightly less than 1 kt and slightly more than 1 kt both 60 fusion and 40 fission.
Tn warhead with 3 yield settings 1 100 kt mod 1 had improved selection of yields. Mods 0 1 2. Lrl successor to w 63 design.
The really huge megaton bombs tested in the 1950 s and 60 s aren t part of today s arsenal. Here s a list of all the us nuclear warheads list of nuclear weapons wikipedia they range in size from 6 kilotons to 20 000 kilotons. Its original use was in the davy crockett short range rocket but it was later adapted as a man portable special atomic demolition.
The w54 was one of the smallest nuclear warheads deployed by the united states it was a very compact implosion type nuclear weapon design designed for tactical use and had a very low yield for a nuclear weapon in the range of 10 to 1 000 tons tnt equivalent. Aaron mehta july 13 an unarmed trident ii missile launches from ohio class ballistic missile submarine maine off the coast. New nuclear warhead funding would be blocked by house appropriators by.
1 5 6 3 an unguided air to air rocket armed with a w25 nuclear warhead developed to intercept bomber squadrons.
Nuclear warhead size. The w80 is a low to intermediate yield two stage thermonuclear warhead deployed by the u s. Enduring stockpile with a variable yield dial a yield of 5 150 kt of tnt. It was designed for deployment on cruise missiles and is the warhead used in all nuclear armed alcm and acm missiles deployed by the us air force and in the us navy s bgm 109 tomahawk. A nuclear weapon also called an atom bomb nuke atomic bomb nuclear warhead a bomb or nuclear bomb is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions either fission fission bomb or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions thermonuclear bomb both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter.
Bomb yield notes kt tnt tj davy crockett. 0 02 0 084 variable yield tactical nuclear weapon mass only 23 kg 51 lb lightest ever deployed by the united states same warhead as special atomic demolition munition and gar 11 nuclear falcon missile.
0 02 0 084 variable yield tactical nuclear weapon mass only 23 kg 51 lb lightest ever deployed by the united states same warhead as special atomic demolition munition and gar 11 nuclear falcon missile. Bomb yield notes kt tnt tj davy crockett. A nuclear weapon also called an atom bomb nuke atomic bomb nuclear warhead a bomb or nuclear bomb is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions either fission fission bomb or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions thermonuclear bomb both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter.
It was designed for deployment on cruise missiles and is the warhead used in all nuclear armed alcm and acm missiles deployed by the us air force and in the us navy s bgm 109 tomahawk. Enduring stockpile with a variable yield dial a yield of 5 150 kt of tnt. The w80 is a low to intermediate yield two stage thermonuclear warhead deployed by the u s.
