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W78

The W78 is an American thermonuclear warhead with an estimated yield of 335–350 kilotonnes of TNT (1,400–1,460 TJ), deployed on the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and housed in the Mark 12A reentry vehicle. Minuteman III initially carried the older W62 warhead with a yield of 170 kilotonnes of TNT (710 TJ), but starting…

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Blast yield
335-350 kt
Designer
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Detonation mechanism
Contact, airburst
Type
Nuclear weapon
Used by
United States Air Force

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Design

  • Fusion Nuclear fusion
  • W50 W50 (nuclear warhead)

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W78

Nodes16
Edges15
Triples32
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.125
Components1

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W78

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related to history · 17
W78 → Downloading, It, John Foster, June, LANL, LANL's, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, March, Minuteman III, The, The W78, This, Threshold Test Ban Treaty, W62, W87
related to Design · 6
W78 → Dimensions, H1501A-1, Here, Mark, The H1224A, The RV
Blast yield · 1
W78 → 335-350 kt
Designer · 1
W78 → Los Alamos National Laboratory
Detonation mechanism · 1
W78 → Contact, airburst
Type · 1
W78 → Nuclear weapon
Used by · 1
W78 → United States Air Force
is a · 1
W78 → American thermonuclear warhead with an estimated yield of 335
related to External links · 1
W78 → W78 Warhead

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warhead yield reentry minuteman iii vehicle estimated mark 12a w62 carried warheads nuclear kilotonnes tnt tj weapon national laboratory missile

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
W78Blast yield335-350 kt1.00infobox
W78DesignerLos Alamos National Laboratory1.00infobox
W78Detonation mechanismContact, airburst1.00infobox
W78TypeNuclear weapon1.00infobox
W78Used byUnited States Air Force1.00infobox
W78is aAmerican thermonuclear warhead with an estimated yield of 3350.90text
the W50instance ofstage design of an older warhead0.80text
with a more modern primary stageinstance ofstage design of an older warhead0.80text
W78related to DesignDimensions0.60section
W78related to DesignMark0.60section
W78related to DesignThe RV0.60section
W78related to DesignThe H1224A0.60section

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