Navy W93 Mk7 Program Enters New Phase of Development

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The W93 warhead and the Mk7 reentry body assembly are the first United States nuclear warhead and reentry system program initiated in nearly four decades and will provide a modern warhead to the U.S. submarine launched ballistic missile fleet. The W93 program aims to phase out W76 and W88 warheads by developing a successor compatible with Trident II D5 missiles, enabling backfit operations to maintain 20-warhead loadouts per missile on the Navy's 14 Ohio-class SSBNs without expanding the total stockpile. The W93 warhead's explosive yield remains classified, but public analyses estimate it to fall between the approximately 90 kilotons of the W76-1 and the 455 kilotons of the W88, providing a selectable or variable option for flexible targeting of diverse threats including hardened and large-area targets.

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W93 — Grokipedia

The W93 is a thermonuclear warhead under development for the United States Navy's submarine-launched ballistic missiles, designated as the 93rd nuclear weapon design considered in U.S. history. Initia

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