W69
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W69 is a United States
nuclear warhead used in AGM-69 SRAM
Short-Range Attack Missiles.
It was designed in the early 1970s and produced from 1974 to 1976. It remained in service until 1991, with the last units being retired in 1996. About 1,500 were produced.
The W69 design was one of many derived from the B61 nuclear bomb
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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
nuclear warhead used in AGM-69 SRAM
AGM-69 SRAM
The Boeing AGM-69 SRAM was a nuclear air-to-surface missile designed to replace the older AGM-28 Hound Dog stand-off missile....
Short-Range Attack Missiles.
It was designed in the early 1970s and produced from 1974 to 1976. It remained in service until 1991, with the last units being retired in 1996. About 1,500 were produced.
The W69 design was one of many derived from the B61 nuclear bomb
B61 nuclear bomb
The B61 nuclear bomb is the primary thermonuclear weapon in the U.S. Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War. It is an intermediate yield strategic and tactical nuclear weapon featuring a two-stage radiation implosion design....
design.
Specifications
The W69 has a diameter of 15 inches and is 30 inches long. It weighed 275 pounds. It has a yield of between 170-200 kilotonsTNT equivalent
TNT equivalent is a method of quantifying the energy released in explosions. The ton of TNT is a unit of energy equal to 4.184 gigajoules, which is approximately the amount of energy released in the detonation of one ton of TNT...
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