Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


US Nuclear Weapons

Historical Nuclear Weapons
Historical Nuclear Weapons - Size Comparison

Introduction
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Stockpile Numbers
Stockpile Stewardship




The enduring nuclear weapon stockpile contains twelve systems within eight weapon classes. The W84, which is in the inactive stockpile (IS), is also listed. It's carrier, the ground-launched cruise missile, was eliminated by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1988. The 2001 Nuclear Posture Review indicated that the inactive stockpile will consist of warhead types in the active stockpile plus the W84 and B83 Mod 0, which have no active stockpile counterparts.

In November 2001 President Bush announced his intention to reduce the United States' operationally deployed strategic nuclear warheads by some two-thirds -- to between 1,700 and 2,200 weapons.



Find a Security Clearance Job! 		WeaponDescription Yield [kt] Stockpile Delivery System Labs Primary Use Service Date
Entered
Service
B61-3/4/10 Non-Strategic Bomb 0.3 to 350 1,290 F-15
F-16
F-18
NATO Tornado		LANL +
Sandia 		Air to
Surface 		Air Force,
NATO 		B61-3: 10/79
B61-4: 8/79
B61-10: 8/90
B61-7/11 Strategic Bomb 10 to 350 525 B-52
B-2 		LANL +
Sandia 		Air to
Surface 		Air Force B61-7: 9/85
B61-11: 11/97
W76 SLBM Warhead 100 3,200 Trident I (C4)
Trident II (D5)		LANL +
Sandia 		Underwater to
Surface		Navy 11/78
W78ICBM Warhead 335 920 Minuteman III ICBMLANL +
Sandia 		Surface to
Surface 		Air Force 9/79
W80-0/1 TLAM-N Warhead


ALCM / ACM Warhead		 5 and 150 320


1,800		 SSN Submarine


B-52		LANL +
Sandia 		Underwater to
Surface

Air to
Surface 		Navy


Air Force		W80-0: 3/84


W80-1: 2/82
B83 Strategic Bomb low to 1,200 620 B-52
B-2 		LLNL +
Sandia 		Air to
Surface 		Air Force 9/83
W87 ICBM Warhead 300 550 Minuteman III ICBM
Peacekeeper ICBM 		LLNL +
Sandia 		Surface to
Surface 		Air Force 7/86
W88 SLBM Warhead 475 400 Trident II (D5) LANL +
Sandia 		Underwater to
Surface		Navy 6/89
W84GLCM Warhead 10 to 50 400 No current carrier
[removed by INF]		LLNL +
Sandia 		Air Force9/83
RRW Reliable
Replacement
Warhead		 ??? none
RNEP Robust Nuclear
Earth Penetrator		 low none



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