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With redesigned ‘brains,’ W88 nuclear warhead reaches milestone

August 16, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and its nuclear security enterprise partners recently completed the first production unit of a weapon assembly responsible for key operations of the W88 nuclear warhead. “The arming, fuzing and firing assembly is the brains of the warhead,” said Dolores Sanchez, senior manager of the...

Categories: Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: AF&F, arming and fuzing and firing, computer simulations, nuclear deterrence, nuclear warhead, w88, W88 Alt 370

W88 warhead program performs successful tests

October 28, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first flight and drop tests for the latest variant of the W88 nuclear warhead are providing data for Sandia National Laboratories to validate designs, improve computer modeling and update component specifications.The two successful tests, which were…

Categories: Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: Kansas City Plant, los alamos, nuclear, nuclear weapons, Pantex, w88