The W45 was a multipurpose American nuclear warhead developed in the early 1960s, first built in 1962 and fielded in some applications until 1988. It...
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early problems with the W45 and W47 warheads, are still an active part of the debate about the reliability of the US nuclear weapons force moving into...
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W45 may refer to: W45 (nuclear warhead) Luray Caverns Airport, in Page County, Virginia, United States Mizuho Station, in Hokkaido, Japan W45, a classification...
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The W25 was a small nuclear warhead that was developed by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory for air-defense use. It was a fission device with a nominal...
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of nuclear weapons listed according to country of origin, and then by type within the states. American nuclear weapons of all types – bombs, warheads, shells...
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the W45 nuclear warhead, and as the primary (stage) in the W38 and W47 thermonuclear weapons. It has been associated with the W48 nuclear warhead, but...
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depth charges, and torpedoes which are equipped with nuclear warheads. Also in this category are nuclear armed ground-based or shipborne surface-to-air missiles...
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John free flight rocket delivering W45 nuclear weapon, 1962–1969. MGM-18 Lacrosse missile with W40 nuclear warhead, 1959–1964. M109 self-propelled, M114...
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RIM-2 Terrier (category Cold War nuclear missiles of the United States)
service in 1962 with a W30 1kt nuclear warhead, but all other variants used a 218 lb (99 kg) controlled-fragmentation warhead. The Terrier had 2 versions:...
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Medium Atomic Demolition Munition (category Nuclear mines)
demolition of structures and for battlefield shaping. The device contained a W45 warhead with an estimated yield of 0.5 to 15 kilotonnes of TNT (2.1 to 62.8 TJ)...
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