The W87 is an American thermonuclear missile warhead formerly deployed on the LGM-118A Peacekeeper ("MX") ICBM. 50 MX missiles were built, each carrying...
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to cost money. There's no question about that." In March 2019, the W87 Mod 1 (W87-1) thermonuclear warhead was selected for GBSD, replacing the W78 warhead...
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overall effectiveness. The smaller power of the warheads used (W62, W78 and W87) was offset by increasing the accuracy of the system, allowing it to attack...
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partially replaced by the W78 starting in December 1979, and fully replaced by W87 warheads removed from MX Peacekeeper missiles and retired in 2010. The concept...
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warhead was not removed from service until March 2010. This leaves the W78 and W87 warheads as the only warheads carried by Minuteman III. Downloading of the...
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Observatory 249 807 Cerro Tololo Obs.; Cerro Tololo Cerro Tololo-LCO 1 W85, W86, W87 CTIO-LCO; Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) node at CTIO Cerro Tololo-LCO B Chante-Perdrix...
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battalion level. An 81 mm version called the W87 was also developed for export markets. Type 87: basic model 82 mm. W87: 81mm caliber model for export. The Type...
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Cerro Tololo-LCO A W86 Cerro Tololo-LCO B, at #807 Co Cerro Tololo-LCO B W87 Cerro Tololo-LCO C, at #807 Co Cerro Tololo-LCO C W88 Slooh (Slooh.com) Co...
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howitzer; 1978), B83 (modern strategic bomb; 1979), and W87 (LGM-118 Peacekeeper/MX ICBM; 1982). The W87 and the B83 are the only LLNL designs still in the...
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warhead due to the warhead limitations in New START. Beginning in 2005, Mk-21/W87 RVs from the deactivated Peacekeeper missile were replaced on the Minuteman...
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