W65
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The W65 was the Lawrence Livermore
Lab's competitor for the warhead of the Sprint anti-ballistic missile
. Development of the W65 started in October 1965 and was terminated in January 1968 in favor of the Los Alamos
W66
design. The W65 was an "enhanced radiation" weapon whose kill mechanism was the neutron flux
.
Lawrence Livermore
Lawrence Livermore may refer to:*Larry Livermore, musician, record producer and music journalist.*Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory...
Lab's competitor for the warhead of the Sprint anti-ballistic missile
Sprint (missile)
The Sprint was a two-stage, solid-fuel anti-ballistic missile, armed with a W66 enhanced radiation thermonuclear warhead. It was designed as the short-range high-speed counterpart to the longer-range LIM-49 Spartan as part of the Sentinel program. Sentinel never became operational, but the...
. Development of the W65 started in October 1965 and was terminated in January 1968 in favor of the Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico...
W66
W66
The W66 thermonuclear warhead was used on the Sprint anti-ballistic missile system, designed to be a short range interceptor to shoot down incoming ICBM warheads....
design. The W65 was an "enhanced radiation" weapon whose kill mechanism was the neutron flux
Neutron flux
The neutron flux is a quantity used in reactor physics corresponding to the total length travelled by all neutrons per unit time and volume . The neutron fluence is defined as the neutron flux integrated over a certain time period....
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