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W91

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The W91 was an American thermonuclear warhead intended for use on the SRAM-T variant of the AGM-131 SRAM II air to ground missile. Its design entered a Phase 2 competition among the United States nuclear weapons laboratories in November 1988, which a Los Alamos National Laboratory design won. The finished design weighed 310 pounds and offered two selectable yields of 10 or 100 kilotons, using a TATB based insensitive plastic bonded explosive and a fire resistant fissile core. The program was cancelled in September 1991 along with the SRAM-T missile before any production units were built, though some test devices may have been manufactured; the W91 was the last new United States nuclear weapon design to reach the point of receiving a model number designation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Service Status
Prototype or Experimental 1
Weapon Class
thermonuclear warhead 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: W91
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Wikipedia article text
    The design was cancelled in September 1991 along with the SRAM T missile, prior to production of any units, though some test devices may have been manufactured.
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Wikidata: W91
Wikidata Q605543, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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