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Nuclear Modernization

Pentagon Confirms Navy Has Deployed Low-Yield SLBM

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020

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Pentagon Confirms Navy Has Deployed Low-Yield SLBM

Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that it has deployed the W76-2 low-yield, submarine-launched, ballistic-missile nuclear warhead. “The U.S. Navy has fielded the W76-2 low-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) warhead,” the Defense Department wrote in a statement posted online. Hans Kristensen, the Washington-based nuclear analyst at the non-profit Federation of American, reported last week that the Navy deployed “one or two” W76-2 warheads on Trident II D-5 missiles in December. The missiles were carried on an Atlantic patrol by the USS Tennessee…

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