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| Diefenbunker Cold War Museum - Entrance / 02 B43 Nuclear Bomb Bill Maloney 10/27/2010 |
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02 B43 Thermonuclear Bomb
Length: 15 feet, 8 inches
Diameter: 1 foot, 61 inches
Weight: 2,100lbs
Weight of Fissionable Plutonium:
Explosive Yield: 70 Kilotons to 1 Megaton
Configuration: Plutonium implosion bomb
Delivery Method: A-4 Skyhawk, A-5 Vigilante, A-7 Corsair II, B-47, B-52, F-100, F-105, F-4, and F-111, airburst, groundburst, or ground contact fuse
Est. # of Mk 6 Nuclear Weapons Produced: 2,000
Production Date: 1961-1965, retired in 1991
The second is a conventional practice drop bomb.