Each Trident missile can carry eight independent reentry vehicles, with a 475-kiloton warhead aboard each. If an Ohio crew were to launch its entire payload, dozens of cities would be destroyed in ...

The United States Navy is moving forward with what could be the most pivotal nuclear weapons program in decades: a sea-launched, low-yield nuclear cruise missile known as the SLCM-N. While it may lack ...

Pakistan possesses an array of other ballistic missiles, some with ranges up to 2,700 kilometres, though several are still under development. Have a look at the Pakistan missiles and their ...

It also still uses, to a lesser extent, the W78 warhead, which packs a 335-350 kiloton payload. In other words, the older tops off at a mere 73 percent of the newer nuke’s punching power potential.

Hypersonic missiles fly at least five times the speed of sound and can change course in flight, posing a challenge to defense systems on U.S. Navy ships. Jeff Schogol Published Apr 18, 2025 2:29 ...

In contrast, “Little Boy,” the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, had a 15-kiloton yield, equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT. Its payload can also be varied and programmed for a ...

The budget includes allocations for Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles (16.8 billion yen, or $112.6 million); submarine-launched guided missiles (3 billion yen, or $20.1 million); and high-velocity ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LON: BA) received a $70 million contract award from General Dynamics Electric Boat for the production of Virginia Payload Module (VPM ...

The naval air-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles could potentially arm AH-15B Super Cougar helicopters and Tamandaré-class frigates of Brazil, and be offered for export, a source told Janes .

These missiles can be fitted with three independently targeted reentry vehicles, but since 2016 have had only a single 300-335 kiloton warhead apiece. That’s still 20 times more powerful than ...