TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I.: PREFACE, ETC. WEAPONS PHYSICS
POSTWAR U.S. FISSION WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT: SEARCH FOR SIMPLICITY, ETC
VOLUME. II (1943-1952) 1. THE SEARCH FOR FEASIBILITY 2. RACING IN THE DARK
VOLUME. III. (1952-1954) OPERATION IVY OPERATION CASTLE
VOLUME. IV (1954-1969) BUILDING A BETTER BOMB REDWING HARDTACK, DOMINIC
VOLUME V: . AIRCRAFT BOMBS INCLUDING U.S. NUCLEAR BOMBS, ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS AND ATOMIC DEMOLITION MUNITIONS
VOLUME VI: MISSILE & ROCKET WARHEADS; ATOMIC ARTILLERY SHELLS
VOLUME. VII ARMING & FUZING; TECHNOLOGIES & EQUIPMENT
APPENDIX 1. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS, 1942-1962
APPENDIX 2. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPECIFICATIONS
APPENDIX 3. TYPICAL U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCIDENTS, 1950-1981.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME VI.
Air-to-Air Missile Warheads
EARLY AIR to AIR DEFENSE WARHEADS
W-25 GENIE, VI-2
W-42 Early FALCON, EAGLE., VI-51
W-51/54 FALCON,
VI-54
Air-to-Surface Missile Warheads
EARLY
AIR-TO-GROUND SYSTEMS
W-5
RASCAL
VI-62
W-7.... .... VI-67
MK
7 BOAR...
VI-69
MK
7 CROSSBOW....
VI-77
W-12.. .... VI-78
W-27.. .... VI-79
W-28
HOUND DOG....
VI-80
XW-3
1....
VI-84
XW-40.... VI-84
W-45
BULLPUP.
VI-84
W-50.... ....
VI-88
XW-59
SKYBOLT.
VI-89
MODERN CRUISE MISSILES
W-69 SRAM...
VI-114
W-72 WALLEYE/BULLPUP
VI- 118
W-73....
VI-119
W-80 ALCM.. VI-119
W-89 SRAM II
VI-124
W-91 SRAM-T
VI-128
Surface-to-Air Missile Warheads
MK
7 NIKE HERCULES
VI-130
W-12 TALOS-W
VI-138
MK/W-30 TALOS/BOMARC.
VI-141
W-31/37 NIKE HERCULES. VI-154
W-40 BOMARC..
VI-162
W-42 HAWK .
VI-166
W-45 TERRIER.... . VI-167
W-50 NIKE ZEUS VI-168
W-60 TYPHON
VI-174
W-65/66 SAFEGUARD-SPRINT VI-176
W-71 SAFEGUARD-SPARTAN , VI-182
W-81 STANDARD., VI-188
Surface-to-Surface Missile Warheads
W-4 VI-190
W-5 REGULUS /MATADOR. VI-193
W-6
VI-207
EARLY CRUISE AND SHORT-RANGE
BALLISTIC MISSILES
W-7 CORPORAL
VI-208
W-7
HONEST JOHN VI-213
W-7
HERMES
VI-221
W-8
VI-222
W-10
LOON VI-224
W-13
NAVAHO, SNARK, REDSTONE
VI-225
W-15/TX-29…
VI-235
W-27
REGULUS…
VI-237
W-27
TRITON
VI-239
W-27
MATADOR,VI-240
W-28
VI-240
W-31
HONEST JOHN, VI-241
NEXT-GENERATION SRBMs, MRBMs, ICBMs
W-35
ATLAS/JUPITER/THOR. .
....
VI-244
W-38
ATLAS/TITAN.... .VI-262
W-39
REDSTONE/SNARK ....... .
VI-267
W-40
LACROSSE..............
VI-273
W-45
LITTLE JOHN.... .
VI-276
XW-46
REDSTONE. .... .
....
VI-290
W-49
ATLAS/JUPITER/THOR.. ....
VI-291
W-50
PERSHING..... VI-303
W-52
SERGEANT .........
VI-312
W-63/64
LANCE SRBM
.... . VI-321
W-70
LANCE SRBM (to replace SERGEANT) .
VI-321
MODERN MRBMs, GLCMs, ICBMs
W-53 TITAN ICBM..
VI-323
W-56 MINUTEMAN I
/ II...
VI-329
W-59 MINUTEMAN I
/ II.... VI-340
W-6 1
.
VI-342
W-62 MINUTEMAN
III...
VI-343
W-78 MINUTEMAN
III- MARK 12 MIRV ....
VI-346
W-80 TOMAHAWK
Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
....
VI-349
W-84
Ground-Launched Cruise Missile
VI-350
W-85 PERSHING II
VI-352
W-86 PERSHING II
Penetrating Warhead
....
VI-355
W-87 MX /
PEACEKEEPER .
VI-358
Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Warheads
W-47
POLARIS
VI-365
W-58 POLARIS A-3 VI-441
W-62
VI-459
W-67
VI-459
W-68 POSEIDON /MK3 RV VI-459
W-76 TRIDENT I... VI-465
W-88 TRIDENT II. VI-468
Atomic
Artillery Shells
OVERVIEW.
VI-477
MK 9 280mm AFAP VI-479
MK 19 Improved 280mm AFAP
.
VI-496
MK 23 16” AFAP . VI-498
TX-32 240mm AFAP. .
VI-500
MK 33 8” Army AFAP. .
VI-501
MK 48 155mm AFAP...
VI-506
W-51/54 DAVY CROCKETT projectile.
....
VI-512
W-74 155mm AFAP (cancelled) ....
VI-520
W-75 8” AFAP (cancelled) ....
VI-521
W-79 8” Enhanced Radiation AFAP.
VI-521
W-82 155mm AFAP (cancelled) ....
VI-525
INDEX....
. VI-529
PART V. ARMING & FUZING: TECHNIQUES & EQUIPMENT
Overview, VIII-3
Early Radar Fuses, VIII-11
Barometric & Other Fuses, VIII-20
Inflight Insertion & Extraction, VIII-26
Manual IFI/IFE, VIII-30
Automatic IFI/IFE, VIII-36
Permissive Action Link Development, VIII-37
PAL Design & Function, VIII-38
History of PALs, VIII-40
ICBM/IRBM Warhead Fuzing, VIII-44
APPENDIX 1. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS, 1942-1962
Summary, VIII-46
Reasons for Testing, VIII-48
Specific Test Results, VIII-71
Individual Test names, VIII-78
Canceled/Renamed Test Series, VIII-81
Test Device Names, VIII-83
Derivation of Test Yields, VIII-85
Device-Test Correlation, VIII-86
APPENDIX 2. US NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPECIFICATIONS, VIII-97
APPENDIX 3. TYPICAL US NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCIDENTS,
1950-1981, VIII-98
ABOUT THE EDITOR, VII-147
INDEX, VII-148