DescriptionW-53 Sandia 1968 History of Mk 53 weapon.png
English: A W-53 (then called the Mk53) thermonuclear warhead in its Mk6 reentry vehicle. This weapon exclusively armed the Titan II ICBM formerly used by the United States. The physics package is identical to the physics package in the B53 thermonuclear gravity bomb (retired 1997) and in the Y1 version had a yield of 9 megatons.
The diagram originated from "History of Mk 53 Weapon" (1968). A partially redacted version of this document was FOIA'ed by Martin Pfeiffer and can be found at his website: https://osf.io/qavzf/
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History of Mk 53 weapon, 1968 (SC-M-67-685). Partially redacted US government report FOIA'ed by Martin Pfeiffer and made available by him here: https://osf.io/qavzf/
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The documents are marked "AEC ATOMIC WEAPONS DATA" suggesting they are Atomic Energy Commission (Now DOE) in origin.
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