W87 - Wikipedia
The W87 is an American thermonuclear missile warhead formerly deployed on the LGM-118A Peacekeeper ("MX") ICBM. 50 MX missiles were built, each carrying up to 10 W87 warheads …
The W87 Warhead - Nuclear Weapon Archive
Sep 1, 2001 · The W87 warhead belongs to the newest missile warhead family, sharing a design similar to the W88. It was designed for use on the Peacekeeper (MX) ICBM. It combines a …
NNSA completes and diamond-stamps first plutonium pit for W87 …
Oct 2, 2024 · This first fully qualified plutonium pit for the W87-1 nuclear warhead was “diamond stamped” after meeting all requirements, signifying its readiness for deployment to the U.S. …
Mar 8, 2019 · NNSA resumed work on a W78 warhead replacement, designated as the W87-1, in fiscal year (FY) 2019 following the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review. By replacing the legacy …
Minuteman Missile Nuclear Warheads
The W87 warhead is the most current warhead deployed within the Air Force's ICBM weapon system. The W87 was designed and developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, …
Mk-21 : United States of America (USA) - armedconflicts.com
The combat thermonuclear warhead W87, placed in the return module, the Mk-21 (Re-entry Vehicle Mk-21), should be vybveno 100 heavy intercontinental missile odpalovaných of …
NNSA diamond-stamps first plutonium pit for W87-1 warhead
Oct 2, 2024 · This first fully qualified plutonium pit for the W87-1 nuclear warhead was “diamond stamped” after meeting all requirements, signifying its readiness for deployment to the U.S. …
W87-1 The Modification that Invigorated an Enterprise
Lawrence Livermore will deliver the first newly manufactured nuclear warhead in three decades, which will replace the aging W78, meet military requirements, improve safety and security, and …
US resumes nuclear warhead production with first plutonium pit in …
Oct 4, 2024 · The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has recently confirmed the successful production of the First Production Unit (FPU) of a …
W87 - Military Wiki | Fandom
The W87 is an American thermonuclear missile warhead. It was created for use on the MX or Peacekeeper ICBM, 50 of which, with up to 12 warheads per missile, were deployed 1986–2005.