W71 warhead
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The W71 warhead was a high-yield American thermonuclear warhead designed primarily for anti-ballistic missile defense applications during the Cold War.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
US nuclear weapon
ⓘ
thermonuclear warhead ⓘ |
| associatedMissile | Spartan ABM missile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blastEffect | reduced relative to yield ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deploymentEnd | mid-1970s ⓘ |
| deploymentSite | Grand Forks, North Dakota Safeguard complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deploymentStatus | retired ⓘ |
| designedFor |
anti-ballistic missile defense
ⓘ
interception of ICBM reentry vehicles ⓘ |
| designer | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designGoal | maximize X-ray flux in space ⓘ |
| detonationAltitude | high-altitude / exoatmospheric ⓘ |
| developmentStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| effectEmphasis |
X-ray output
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radiation kill mechanism ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| intendedUse | exosphere interception of incoming warheads ⓘ |
| nuclearWeaponType | thermonuclear ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | incoming ballistic missile warheads ⓘ |
| program | Safeguard Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | anti-ballistic missile warhead ⓘ |
| safetyFeature | designed for exoatmospheric use to limit ground damage ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | early 1970s ⓘ |
| status | no longer deployed ⓘ |
| treatyContext | ABM Treaty era ⓘ |
| usedIn | Safeguard ABM system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedOn | LIM-49A Spartan missile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| warheadFamily | US W-series nuclear warheads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yield | about 5 megatons of TNT ⓘ |
| yieldType | high-yield ⓘ |
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