TN 81

The French TN 81 nuclear warhead equips the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée (ASMP) medium-range air to surface missile, a component of the Force de frappe French nuclear deterrent.

Type: nuclear warhead for ASMP

Specifications:

thermonuclear
yield from 100 to 300 kt
insensitive explosives

Initially deployed: 1988

Deployment: 60 warheads carried by the ASMP equipping the 60 Mirage 2000 N with the French Air Force and 20 Super Etendard of Naval Aviation.

French nuclear armament

Strategic missiles	missile M1 missile M2 missile M20 missile S2 missile S3 missile M4 missile M45 missile M5 missile M51

Pre-strategic missiles	Pluton Hadès ASMP

Nuclear warheads	AN-11 bomb AN-22 bomb AN-52 bomb MR 31 MR 41 MR 50 CTC AN 51 CTC AN 52 CTC TN 60 TN 61 TN 70 TN 71 TN 75 TN 76 TN 80 TN 81 TN 90 TNA TNO

Related subjects	French nuclear deterrence FAS FOST France and weapons of mass destruction