W49
The W49 was an American thermonuclear warhead, used on the Thor, Atlas, Jupiter, and Titan I ballistic missile systems. W49 warheads were manufactured starting in 1958 and were in service until 1965, with a few warheads being retained until 1975.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- W49 warhead
- Weapon.image
- Mark_49_warhead.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- The W49 warhead
- Weapon.type
- Nuclear weapon
- Weapon.is_explosive
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1958 to 1965
- Weapon.used_by
- United States
- Weapon.designer
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Weapon.variants
- 7
- Weapon.detonation
- Contact, airburst
- Weapon.yield
- Y1: Y2:
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Initial development of the Mod 0 warhead
- Mod 1, 2 and 3 warheads
- Mod 4, 5 and 6 warheads
- Yields
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The W49 was an American thermonuclear warhead, used on the Thor, Atlas, Jupiter, and Titan I ballistic missile systems. W49 warheads were manufactured starting in 1958 and were in service until 1965, with a few warheads being retained until 1975.
The weapon itself was a Mark 28 Y1 warhead modified for the missile role.