North Korea tests 'super large' warhead – DW

w66 warhead  The Sprint was a two-stage, solid-fuel anti-ballistic missile , armed with a W66 enhanced-radiation thermonuclear warhead used by the United States: a) The W66 warhead for the Sprint anti-ICBM missile system, deployed in 1975 and withdrawn the following year along with the missile sys- tem

The Sprint missile became the focal point of the Nike-X program Equipped with a W66 thermonuclear warhead, it was designed to attack re W66 Sprint ABM X X 1974l76 70 1 kiloton enhanced radiation W68 P oseidon Cl3 SLBM X X 1970l91 5,250 40l50 kilotons Deployed on 31 submarines W69

An aggressive warhead rebuild and return schedule to the DoD in support of the W66 Nuclear Weapon Design overview Facilitii Orientation 41 Number Standard Warheads: 1 Standard warhead: W66 Warhead yield: 1,000 KT Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket Initial Operational Capability: 1972 Total Number