Nuclear warheads and applications
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated September 2000
| weapon name | warhead designation | weapon type | stock entry | IOC | off alert | retire stock | warhead type | est. number built | yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Danube | NGB | 1953 | 1953 | 1962 | IM | 22 | SV--8 to 25 kt | ||
| Red Beard | NGB | 1959 | 1961 | 1971 | IM | 150 | SV--5 to 20 kt | ||
| Violet Club | NGB | 1958 | 1958 | 1958 | TN | 5 | ~500 kt | ||
| Yellow Sun Mk 1 | NGB | 1958 | 1958 | 1961 | 1963 | TN | 10 | 500 kt | |
| Yellow Sun Mk 2 | Red Snow | NGB | 1961 | 1961 | 1972 | TS | 150 | 1 mt | |
| Blue Steel | Red Snow | ASM | 1962 | 1962 | 1970 | TN | 50 | ~1 mt | |
| Blue Streak | IRBM | cancelled | TN | 0 | 3 mt | ||||
| Blue Water | SRBM | cancelled | 0 | ||||||
| Blue Boar | ASM | cancelled | 0 | ||||||
| Skybolt | XW-59 | ALBM | cancelled | TN | 0 | 800 kt | |||
| WE-177A | WE-177A | NGB | 1966 | 1966 | 1998 | 1998 | BF? | 75 | 200 kt |
| WE-177B | WE-177B | NGB | 1966 | 1966 | 1998 | 1998 | TN? | 100 | 400 kt |
| WE-177C | WE-177C | NDB | 1971 | 1971 | 1992 | BF? | 25 | 10 kt | |
| Polaris A3T | W-58 | SLBM | 1967 | 1968 | 1984 | 192 | 200 kt (x3 MRVs) | ||
| Polaris A3TK | TK-100? | SLBM | 1979 | 1982 | 1996 | 96 | 40 kt (x2 MRVs) | ||
| Trident II | SLBM | 1992 | 1994 | 200 | ~100 kt (x1-5 MIRVs) | ||||
| ALSOM | ASM | cancelled | 0 | ~100 kt | |||||
| NDB | cancelled | 0 | |||||||
| OR 1160 | NGB | cancelled | 0 | 3.5 mt | |||||
| ASR 1177 | NGB | cancelled | 0 | ~10 kt | |||||
| NGB | cancelled | 0 | ~100 kt | ||||||
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© 2000, 2001 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 2001.
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