5-399: W85 may refer to: W85 (nuclear warhead) Nonconvex great rhombicuboctahedron W85 heavy machine gun W85, a classification in masters athletics Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title W85 . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-480: A tactical nuclear weapon —at the time, 400 kilotons was larger than many strategic warheads. The Pershing II had a high-accuracy maneuverable reentry vehicle (MARV) equipped with a radar terminal guidance system, which allowed it to use the lower-yield W85 warhead. This warhead was derived from the B61 Mod 3 and utilized the same pit in the primary stage of the warhead, but it has also been described as having
15-614: A nuclear design similar to that of the B61-4. The total weight of the Pershing II warhead section was 591 pounds (268 kg), which included the reentry vehicle. In 1987 a joint Army/ Department of Energy study concluded that it was technically and financially feasible to replace the W50 warhead carried by Pershing 1a with the W85 warhead developed for Pershing II. However, with the signing of
20-522: The United States of America to arm the Pershing II missile. It was a variable yield device with a selectable yield of 0.3, 5, 10 or 80 kilotonnes of TNT (1, 21, 42 or 335 TJ). The Pershing Ia missile was armed with a 400 kilotonnes of TNT (1,700 TJ) W50 warhead. By the early 1970s, it was clear that this was far too large to allow the missile to be used as
25-417: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=W85&oldid=1177090057 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages W85 (nuclear warhead) The W85 was a thermonuclear warhead developed by
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