thumb|right|The W71 nuclear warhead thumb|right|W71 warhead and Spartan missile upper stage being lowered into the borehole for the nuclear test Grommet Cannikin.
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- Design
- Lethality
- Production & service history
- Shot Grommet Cannikin
- See also
- References
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thumb|right|The W71 nuclear warhead thumb|right|W71 warhead and Spartan missile upper stage being lowered into the borehole for the nuclear test Grommet Cannikin.
The W71 nuclear warhead was a US thermonuclear warhead developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and deployed on the LIM-49A Spartan missile, a component of the Safeguard Program, an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system briefly deployed by the US in the 1970s.
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