TN 61

The TN 61 was a French nuclear warhead with a 1 to 1.2 megaton yield. It was a lighter version of the TN 60 which it replaced.

The TN 61 was in service from 1977 and 1991. It armed the M20 SLBM carried by the Redoutable-class SSBNs and the S3 IRBM.

References

Norris, Robert, Burrows, Andrew, Fieldhouse, Richard "Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume V, British, French and Chinese Nuclear Weapons, San Francisco, Westview Press, 1994, ISBN 0-8133-1612-X

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