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English: W85 nuclear warhead on display at the Nuclear Weapons Instructional Museum, Kirtland Air Force Base. This warhead is a derivative of the B61 bomb and was in service on the Pershing II IRBM until the end of the Cold war. It had a variable yield of 0.3 to 80 kt. The warheads were converted into B61 Mod 10 bombs in the early 1990s.
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Source Nuclear Weapons Instruction Museum Unclassified Virtual Tour 2019
Author Department of Energy

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W85 nuclear warhead on display at the Nuclear Weapons Instructional Museum

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