After a decade of work, the US will have a new W88 warhead
By Boyko Nikolov On Jul 14, 2021
WASHINGTON, BM – The US Armed Forces will have a new warhead from the W88 series, after the first sample of the W88 Alt 370 model was presented by the National Nuclear Security Administration [NNSA], learned BulgarianMilitary.com. This means that the W88 Alt 370 will be on the production line and by 2026 the entire project will spend approximately $ 2.8 billion.
The NNSA is an agency of the US Department of Energy and has been working on the new warhead for 11 years. During these years, the project was accompanied by various obstacles, with experts noting that the biggest was not the development or improvement of the W88, but the money that the project has spent so far.
The United States needs new warheads for its armed forces. That is why this program is mostly related to the age of the existing stocks that are still in service with the Americans. The W88 is a key warhead, especially for the US Navy, as it represents the largest percentage used in loading naval Trident D5 ballistic missiles.
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