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Don't get excited. The data in this report are from public information provided as part of the Start treaties as well is readily available from Jane's. In fact, a comparison between U.S. warheads and Soviet warheads was available as early as 1986, in a special "face off" issue of Air Force Magazine, using material from a London based Strategics Studies company.

For more details on the information below, look at Carry Sublette's Nuclear Weapons FAQ, section 7.2.1.3.

In any case, the information is nowhere complete and that's just fine by us. Don't write to ask for more, this is what was verifiable in December of 1995.

Missile Warheads

Desig     Country    Used On                    Yield each
W-56      USA        Minuteman II (LGM-30F)     ~1.2MT
W-62      USA        Minuteman III (LGM-30G)    170KT
W-68      USA        Poseidon (UGM-73)          40KT (usually MIRVs of 10)
W-69      USA        SRAM (AGM-69)              250KT
W-76      USA        Poseidon (UGM-73)          100KT (usually MIRVs of 14)
W-76      USA        Trident I (C-4)            100KT (usually MIRVs of 8)
W-78      USA        Minuteman III (LGM-30G)    335KT (usually MIRVs of 3)
W-80      USA        SLACM                      5-150KT  
W-80-1    USA        ALCM/ACM                   5-150KT 
W-84      USA        GLCM                       10-50KT
W-87-0    USA        Peacekeeper (MGM-118A)     300KT (usually MIRVs of 10)
W-88      USA        Trident II (D-5) mkV       475KT (usually MIRVs of 8) 

A-3/TK    USA        Polaris                    200KT (usually MIRVs of 3)

Desig     Country    Used On                    Yield each
SS-11m1   USSR       SS-11                      1MT to 20MT
SS-11m3   USSR       SS-11                      250KT (usually MIRVS of 3)
SS-13     USSR       SS-13                      660-750KT
SS-17m1   USSR       SS-17                      200KT (usually MIRVs of 4)
SS-17m2   USSR       SS-17                      3.6MT 
SS-17m3   USSR       SS-17                      750KT (usually MIRVs of 4)
SS-18m1   USSR       SS-18 (RS-20, R-36N)       25MT 
SS-18m2   USSR       SS-18                      500KT (usually MIRVs - 8 or 10) 
SS-18m3   USSR       SS-18                      20MT 
SS-18m4   USSR       SS-18                      550KT (usually MIRVs of 10)
SS-19m1   USSR       SS-19 (RS-18, UR-100NU)    200KT (usually MIRVs of 6) 
SS-19m2   USSR       SS-19                      4MT 
SS-19m3   USSR       SS-19                      550KT (usually MIRVs of 6) 
SS-24     USSR       SS-24 (RS-22, RT-23U)      100KT (usually MIRVS - 8 or 10)
SS-25     USSR       SS-25 (RS-12M, RT-2PM)     550KT

Desig     Country    Used On                    Yield each
SS-N-6m1  USSR       SS-N-6                     1MT       
SS-N-6m2  USSR       SS-N-6                     1MT       
SS-N-6m3  USSR       SS-N-6                     350KT (usually MIRVs of 2) 
SS-N-8m1  USSR       SS-N-8                     500KT
SS-N-8m2  USSR       SS-N-8                     800KT
SS-N-12   USSR       SS-N-12/SS-C-4/AS-15       250KT
SS-N-17   USSR       SS-N-17                    500KT
SS-N-18m1 USSR       SS-N-18 (RSM-50)           500KT (usually MIRVs of 3)
SS-N-18m2 USSR       SS-N-18                    450KT
SS-N-18m3 USSR       SS-N-18                    500KT (usually MIRVs of 5)
SS-N-20   USSR       SS-N-20 (RSM-52)           100KT (usually MIRVs of 6 to 9)
SS-N-23   USSR       SS-N-23 (RSM-54), Typhoon  350KT (usually MIRVs of 10) 


Desig     Country    Used On                    Yield each
TN-51     France     Pluton                     10-25KT
TN-61     France     SSBS S-3D                  1.0-1.2MT
TN-70     France     MSBS M-4                   150KT (usually MIRVs of 6)
TN-71     France     MSBS M-4                   150KT (usually MIRVs of 6)
TN-80     France     ASMP                       300KT 
TN-81     France     ASMP                       300KT 
TN-90     France     Hades                      Variable 

TK 100    UK         Polaris                    40KT

CSS-3     China      CSS-3                      2.0MT
CSS-4     China      CSS-4                      4.5MT

Bombs

Desig             Country    Used On               Yield each      Total Bombs
B-61 (-3,4,10)    USA        B-52H                 10-100KT        12
W-83              USA        B-52H                 low to 1.2MT    12
ALCM (AGM-86B)    USA        B-52H                 5-150KT         20
ACM               USA        B-52H                 5-150KT         20
B-61 (-7,11)      USA        B-2A                  10-300KT        16

Bomb              USSR       Bear H6 TU-95         6.34MT           6
Bomb              USSR       Bear H16 TU-95        9.0MT           16
AS-15B            USSR       Blackjack TU-160      1.5MT           12


TN-80             France     ASMP-Mirage IVP       300KT           1 
TN-81             France     ASMP-Mirage 2000N     300KT           1 
TN-81             France     ASMP-Sup. Etendard    300KT           1 

WE 177A/B         UK         Tornado GR.1          200-400KT       1-2 
WE 177A/B         UK         Buccaneer S2B         200-400KT       1 

bomb              China      Hong-5 (B-5)          ?               1
bomb              China      Hong-6 (B-6)          50i-60KT        1-3
Last Updated: July, 1997
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