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The W88 is an American thermonuclear warhead, with an estimated yield of 475 kilotons of TNT (1,990 TJ), and is small enough to fit on MIRVed missiles. The W88 was designed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the 1970s.

The W88 is a compact, thermonuclear warhead developed in the 1970s having a maximum yield of 475 kiloton and intended to fit into MIRVed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) such as the US Navy's Trident II. The W88 is the most advanced nuclear warhead produced by the United States of America.

The energy released by this mass fire would be 15 to 50 times greater than the energy produced by the nuclear detonation. The mass fire, or firestorm, would quickly increase in intensity, heating enormous volumes of air that would rise at speeds approaching 300 miles per hour.

Warhead and bomb costs are rough averages only based on total research, development, testing and production costs during the Cold War; actual costs are classified. B-52H Stratofortress bomber —...