W70

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W70 is the designation for a nuclear warhead developed by the United States in the early 1970s. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory designed W70 was used on the MGM-52 Lance. About 1250 were built in total.

The W70-3 was a modified version of the W70 and one of the first warheads to be battlefield-ready with an "enhanced radiation" (neutron bomb) feature. According to the nuclear weapons archive, it had a total yield of about 1 kt., was manufactured during 1981-83, and was retired by 1992; 380 were built.

[edit] See also

• List of nuclear weapons

[edit] External links

• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - W70. globalsecurity.org. Retrieved on 2006-03-11.
• Types of Nuclear Weapons. carey sublette. Retrieved on 2006-04-07.
• U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile (June 1990). Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved on 2006-06-13.