This section, compiled from public sources and as accurate as those sources allow, reflects the active US stockpile only and does not include weapons that are waiting for disassembly at Pantex or are being held in reserve. The bombs are listed numerically by DOE warhead designation.
B-61, Mods 3 & 4 tactical bombs |
Yield: |
Selectable: 100-500 kilotons |
Safety: |
OPS, ENDS & IHE |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1980 |
Laboratory: |
LANL |
Quantity: |
600 of Mods 3, 4 and 10 combined. |
Delivery Systems: |
US: F-111, A-4, A-6, A-7, AV-8B, F-4, F-15, F-16, FA-18 NATO: F-4, F-100, F-104 & Tornado. |
B-61, Mod 7 tactical bomb |
Yield: |
Selectable: 300 tons-340 kilotons |
Safety: |
OPS, ENDS & IHE |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1985 |
Laboratory: |
LANL |
Quantity: |
750 |
Delivery Systems: |
US: B-1, B-52 |
B-61, Mod 10 tactical bomb |
Yield: |
Selectable: 10-175 kilotons |
Safety: |
OPS, ENDS & IHE |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1990 |
Laboratory: |
LANL |
Quantity: |
600 of Mods 3, 4 and 10 combined. |
Delivery Systems: |
US: F-111, A-4, A-6, A-7, AV-8B, F-4, F-15, F-16, FA-18 NATO: F-4, F-100, F-104 & Tornado. |
B-61, Mod 11 earth-penetrating tactical/strategic bomb |
Yield: |
Selectable: 300 tons-340 kilotons |
Safety: |
OPS, ENDS & IHE |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1997 |
Laboratory: |
LANL |
Quantity: |
Not available |
Delivery Systems: |
US: F-111, A-4, A-6, A-7, AV-8B, F-4, F-15, F-16, FA-18 NATO: F-4, F-100, F-104 & Tornado. |
W-62 warhead for Mark-12reentry vehicle on Minuteman-III |
Yield: |
170 kilotons |
Safety: |
No safety devices other than OPS. |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1970 |
Laboratory: |
LLNL |
Quantity: |
610 |
Delivery Systems: |
US: Minuteman-III ICBM |
W-76 warhead for Mark-4 reentry vehicle for Trident |
Yield: |
100 kilotons |
Safety: |
OPS & ENDS |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1979 |
Laboratory: |
LANL |
Quantity: |
2,480 |
Delivery Systems: |
US: Trident-1 and Trident-2 SLBMs |
W-78 warhead for Mark-12A reentry body on Minuteman-III |
Yield: |
335 kilotons |
Safety: |
OPS & ENDS |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1980 |
Laboratory: |
LANL |
Quantity: |
920 |
Delivery Systems: |
US: Minuteman-III ICBM |
W-80, Mod 0 warhead for sea-launched cruise missile |
Yield: |
5-150 kilotons |
Safety: |
OPS, ENDS & IHE |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1984 |
Laboratory: |
LANL |
Quantity: |
350 |
Delivery Systems: |
US: Nuclear Tomahawk SLCMs. (All stored since September 1991) |
W-80, Mod 1 warhead for ALCM & ACM |
Yield: |
5-150 kilotons |
Safety: |
OPS, ENDS & IHE |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1982 |
Laboratory: |
LANL |
Quantity: |
1,200 |
Delivery Systems: |
US: B-1 and B-52 bombers. (Taken off alert since September 1991) |
B-83 strategic bomb |
Yield: |
Low-yield to 1.2 megatons |
Safety: |
OPS, ENDS & IHE |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1983 |
Laboratory: |
LLNL |
Quantity: |
3,000 produced as of December 1986. |
Delivery Systems: |
US: B-1, B-52, F-111, A-4, A-6, A-7, F-4, F-15, F-16 & F-18 NATO: F-4 & F-104 |
W-87, Mod 0 warhead for Mark-21 reentry vehicle (MX missile) |
Yield: |
330 kilotons |
Safety: |
OPS, ENDS, IHE & FRP |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1986 |
Laboratory: |
LLNL |
Quantity: |
525 |
Delivery Systems: |
US: MX ICBM |
W-88 warhead for Mark-5 reentry Vehicle on Trident-II |
Yield: |
475 kilotons |
Safety: |
OPS & ENDS |
Initial Operational Capability: |
1990 |
Laboratory: |
LANL |
Quantity: |
400 |
Delivery Systems: |
US: Trident-II SLBM. (Production halted, partly because of safety problems.) |