W68

thumb|W68 with table and models for scale.

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It is catalogued under topics including Military equipment introduced in the 1970s and Nuclear warheads of the United States.

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Key facts

Weapon.name: W68
Weapon.image: W68_Mk3_reentry_body.jpg
Weapon.image_size: 300
Weapon.caption: A W68 warhead in a Mk3 Reentry Body. See image below for scale.
Weapon.type: Nuclear weapon
Weapon.is_explosive: yes
Weapon.service: 1971-1991
Weapon.used_by: United States.
Weapon.designer: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Weapon.production_date: June 1970 - June 1975
Weapon.number: 5250
Weapon.detonation: Contact, airburst

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Specifications
Production and deployment
Safety issues and later service
See also
References
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thumb|W68 with table and models for scale.

The W68 warhead was the warhead used on the UGM-73 Poseidon SLBM missile. It was developed in the late 1960s at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “W68” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.