While the new US President Joe Biden opposes the idea of arming American submarines “low-power” nuclear weapon, production of a batch of the latest low-yield nuclear warheads W76-2 completed in the USA. Reported by the National Nuclear Security Administration.
New warheads have already been transferred to the US Navy to equip part of the Trident II intercontinental ballistic missiles (D5), in service with nuclear-powered missile-based submarines (PLARB) Ohio class. Submarines armed with missiles with new warheads are already on combat duty.
The total number of warheads transferred in the batch is not reported., however, American military experts say, that the Pentagon since November 2019 year to date received at least 50 new W76-2 nuclear warheads 5-6 kilotonn.
celebrated, that each SSBN carries two missiles with “low power” warhead, rest 18 Trident II missiles are still equipped with W76-1 warheads 90 kilotons and W88 power 455 kilotonn.
The decision to rearm part of the missiles on “low power” nuclear warheads were adopted by the Donald Trump administration “to contain Russia”. According to American politicians, Moscow can count, that the States will not want to use their nuclear weapons in the event of a confrontation with the Russian Federation, because the current nuclear weapons have too much power.
However, this decision has caused controversy.. According to some experts, the enemy still does not know, that a missile with a reduced-yield nuclear warhead was fired against him and that in response he would send his own, but more powerful.
Trident is a family of American three-stage solid-propellant ballistic missiles., placed on submarines. The missile can carry up to 14 W76 warheads (100 CT) or to 8 W88 (475 CT), which are also undergoing modernization.
