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The shell, designated a Mark 9 nuclear weapon, had a diameter of 280 mm (11.02 in), was 1380 mm (54.4 in) long and weighed 364 kg (803 lb). The M65 Atomic Cannon from which it was fired had a muzzle velocity of 625 m/s (2,060 ft/s), for a nominal range of 32 km (20 mi), and weighed 77 metric tons (85 t ).
IX-512, ex-US Army BD 6651; IX-513, EMPRESS II (Electromagnetic Pulse Environment Simulator for Ships) Baylander, ex-YFU-79, 1986 conversion to a helicopter Landing Ship for pilot training, nicknamed the "world's smallest aircraft carrier" [29] IX-515, ex-WSES-1 (surface effect ship) IX-516, 3-story classroom Trident missile training barge
A B61 nuclear bomb in various stages of assembly; the nuclear warhead is the bullet-shaped silver canister in the middle-left of the photograph.. A warhead is the section of a device that contains the explosive agent or toxic (biological, chemical, or nuclear) material that is delivered by a missile, rocket, torpedo, or bomb.
The T-5 torpedo carried an RDS-9 nuclear warhead with a yield of 5 kilotons. The first test of this warhead on the Semipalatinsk nuclear proving ground in Kazakhstan on 10 October 1954 was unsuccessful. [9] A year later, after further development, a test on Novaya Zemlya on 21 September 1955 succeeded. [3]
The original AA-22 has a variable yield of 3, 10 and 20 kilotons. The AA-38 is an improved version with the same three settings. The AA-52 has four yields of 5, 10, 20 and 200 kilotons. [3] 9M21E Cluster munition variant fitted with a 9N18E dispenser warhead carrying shaped charge dual-purpose submunitions. [3] 9M21F
TN 81 variable yield nuclear warhead: Decommissioned [2] ASMP-A: Air-to-surface, nuclear cruise missile France: 500 km (310 mi) 3.0: 860 kg (1,900 lb) 300 kt (TNT equivalent) TNA nuclear warhead: In service [3] ASN4G: Air-to-surface, nuclear, hypersonic cruise missile France? 4.0-5.0? 300 kt (TNT equivalent) TNA nuclear warhead: Under ...
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The HPD-1 consists of a large case with a prominent circular section at one end that contains the clearing charge and Misnay–Schardin effect warhead, and a rectangular section that contains the batteries and seismic and magnetic sensors that the electronic fuze uses. It was developed to be laid automatically from the Matenin minelayer or by hand.