W76 warhead : Who Wouldn't Want to Make Our Nuclear Weapons Safer?

23 Sep 2024 —

The W76-2 warhead is both unnecessary and dangerous. The United States already has weapons capable of similar yields; adding another will introduce .... The W76-2 is a less powerful variant of the W76-1 warhead deployed on 13.5-meter-tall Trident II ballistic missiles.. ...

warhead to replace the W76 or W88 warheads now arming the Navy's Trident II D5 missiles. Some of those old warheads were produced as early .... ...

warhead, which was designated the W76-2. The Navy deployed a number ...

warheads believed to be similar to the W76 100 kT US warheads.. The-then presidential candidate Joe Biden warned before taking office that fielding the W76-2 was a “bad idea” and that the warhead's existence ....