strategic nuclear weapon

C26572
concept

A strategic nuclear weapon is a high-yield nuclear device designed for long-range delivery against an adversary’s key military, industrial, or political targets to achieve large-scale, war-altering effects.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
British nuclear weapon 3
U.S. strategic nuclear weapon 1

Instances (7)

Instance Via concept surface
Minuteman II ICBM
SS-25 Sickle ICBM
surface form: SS-25 Sickle
Mark 17 thermonuclear bomb
B83 nuclear bomb U.S. strategic nuclear weapon
Poseidon missile system
SS-19 Stiletto
Yellow Sun bomb
surface form: Yellow Sun
British nuclear weapon