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From: wolit@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Jan Wolitzky)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Reliability of Ballistic Missiles
Summary: MMII has MT warhead
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Date: 27 May 89 03:17:21 GMT
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From: wolit@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Jan Wolitzky)

In article <6904@cbnews.ATT.COM>, smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin) writes:

> If I recall correctly, the last U.S. missles equipped with megaton
> warheads were the Titans, and they've all been decommissioned now.

The Minuteman II (LGM-30F) is equipped with a single 1.2 Mt W56 warhead
in a Mk-11C RV.  400 of these are deployed, I believe.  (A few - 8? -
carry Emergency Rocket Communications System transmitters rather than
warheads.)
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Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 201 582-2998; mhuxd!wolit
(Affiliation given for identification purposes only)