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W87
The Mk21 Re-entry Vehicles shown here for the LGM-118A Peacekeeper contain W87 warheads.
Type
Thermonuclear warhead
Service history
In service
1986–present
Used by
United States
Production history
Designer
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Designed
Mod 0: February 1982 Mod 1: November 1986 to July 1988, March 2019 to 2030
Produced
Mod 0: July 1986 to December 1988 Mod 1: 2030 onwards
No. built
525
Variants
2
Specifications
Mass
400 to 600 pounds (180 to 270 kg)
Detonation mechanism
Contact, airburst
Blast yield
300 kt (W87-0) 475 kt (W87-1)
Exploded diagram of the Mk21 reentry vehicle for the W87[clarification needed]
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 in multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV), and were deployed from 1986 to 2005. Starting in 2007, 250 of the W87 warheads from retired Peacekeeper missiles were retrofitted onto much older Minuteman III missiles, with one warhead per missile.[1]
^Kristensen, Hans M.; Norris, Robert S. (January 18, 2015). "US nuclear forces, 2015". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 71 (2): 107–119. Bibcode:2015BuAtS..71b.107K. doi:10.1177/0096340215571913. S2CID 145260117.
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