W41
| W41 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A Navajo missile, which would have carried the W41 warhead | |
| Type | Nuclear warhead |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Designed | 1956–1957 |
| No. built | 0 |
W41 was the designation of an American nuclear warhead which was investigated during the late 1950s. Intended for use in the SM-64 Navaho cruise missile, the program was cancelled in 1957. The program was brief, considered at the same time as the TX-29, WX-15-X1 and XW-21 warheads. All were eventually replaced as the proposed Navaho warhead by the W39. The W41 was an adaptation of the B41 thermonuclear bomb which was produced in large numbers and served in stockpile for 15 years.[1]
History[edit]
A warhead version of the B41 thermonuclear bomb, development of the W41 began in November 1956 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Investigated as a possible warhead for the SM-64 Navaho, a cruise missile then in development,[1] work on the warhead continued through July 1957, when the project was cancelled.[2][3]
References[edit]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Cochran, Thomas B.; Arkin, William M.; Hoenig, Milton M. (1987). Nuclear Weapons Databook: U.S. nuclear warhead production. Nuclear Weapons Databook. 2. Pensacola, FL: Ballinger Publishing. ISBN 978-0-88730-124-7. Search this book on
- Hansen, Chuck (2007). The Swords of Armageddon: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Development Since 1945 (CD-ROM & download available) (2 ed.). Sunnyvale, California: Chuklea Publications. ISBN 978-0-9791915-0-3. Search this book on
- Polmar, Norman; Norris, Robert Stan (2009). The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal: A History of Weapons and Delivery Systems Since 1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-681-8. Search this book on
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