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Table of US Nuclear Weapons Stockpile, 2002
Strategic Forces | Non-strategic Forces



STRATEGIC FORCES
Warhead/Weapon
 First Produced
 Yield (kilotons)
 User
 Number (warheads)
 Status

Bombs
B61-7 Strategic
10/66
 10 to 350
 AF
 470
 The Mod-7 is the only version in the strategic stockpile. The Mod-7 is a converted Mod-1 with a Cat D PAL and IHE.
B61-11
11/97
 10 to 350
 AF
 55
 Mod-11 is an earth penetrator.
B83/B83-1
6/83
 low to 1,200
 AF
 620
 Strategic bomb replaced B28, B43, B53.

Submarine-launched ballistic missiles
W76/Trident I C4
6/78
 100
 N
 3,200
 Under START I over 1,500 W76 warheads from retired Trident I SSBNs were used to arm Atlantic Fleet Trident II SSBNs.
W88/Trident II D5
9/88
 475
 N
 400
 Warheads supplement the W76 warhead to arm Atlantic Fleet Trident II SSBNs.

Intercontinental ballistic missiles
W62/Minuteman III
3/70
 170
 AF
 615
 Will be retired around 2009.
W78/Minuteman III
8/79
 335
 AF
 920
 300 will be used to arm single warhead MMIIIs by 2012.
W87-0/MX
4/86
 300
 AF
 550
 Missile will be retired, and 200 W87s used for single warhead MMIII by 2012.

Air-launched cruise missiles
W80-1/ALCM
12/81
 5 and 150
 AF
 1,400
 Some 900 ALCMs are in storage with their warheads removed. W80s are used to arm ACMs.
W80-1/ACM
?/90
 5 and 150
 AF
 400
 Operational in 1991. The original program of 1,461 ACMs has been cut to 460. Uses W80 warheads from ALCMs.



NON-STRATEGIC FORCES
Warhead/Weapon
 First Produced
 Yield (kilotons)
 User
 Number (warheads)
 Status
B61 Tactical Bomb
3/75
 0.3 to 170
 AF, NATO
 1,290
 Mods-3,-4,-10. The Mod 10 is a converted W85 Pershing II warhead. All three Mods have Cat F PALs and IHE. Each Mod has four yield options: The B61-3 (0.3, 1.5, 60 and 170 Kt), the B61-4 (0.3, 1.5, 10, and 45 Kt), and the B61-10 (0.3, 5, 10, and 80 Kt).
W80-0/SLCM
12/83
 5 and 150
 N
 320
 Nuclear SLCMs now stored ashore. Original program of 758 SLCMs for 200 ships and submarines was reduced to 367 SLCMs for 25 Sturgeon-class, 62 Los Angeles-class, and 3 Seawolf-class attack submarines.
ACM: advanced cruise missile; AF: Air Force; ALCM: air-launched cruise missile; IHE: Insensitive High Explosive; N: Navy; NATO: non-U.S. delivery systems; PAL: Permissive Action Link.

last revised 11.25.02

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