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{{Short description|World's atomic warhead designs, 1945–present}}
[[File:B-83 nuclear weapon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.05|The components of a [[B83 nuclear bomb]] used by the United States]]
This is a '''list of [[nuclear weapon]]s''' listed according to country of origin, and then by type within the states. The United States, Russia, China and India are known to [[List of nuclear triads|possess a nuclear triad]], being capable to [[Nuclear weapons delivery|deliver]] nuclear weapons by land, sea and air.
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==United States==

{{Main|United States and weapons of mass destruction}}
American nuclear weapons of all types – bombs, warheads, shells, and others – are numbered in the same sequence starting with the [[Little Boy|Mark 1]] and ({{As of|2006|alt=as of March 2006}}) ending with the [[W91]] (which was cancelled prior to introduction into service). All designs which were formally intended to be weapons at some point received a number designation. Pure test units which were experiments (and not intended to be weapons) are not numbered in this sequence.

Early weapons were very large and could only be used as free fall bombs. These were known by "Mark" designators, like the Mark 4 which was a development of the Fat Man weapon. As weapons became more sophisticated they also became much smaller and lighter, allowing them to be used in many roles. At this time the weapons began to receive designations based on their role; bombs were given the prefix "B", while the same warhead used in other roles, like missiles, would normally be prefixed "W". For instance, the [[W53|W-53 warhead]] was also used as the basis for the [[B53 nuclear bomb]]. Such examples share the same sequence number.

In other cases, when the modifications are more significant, variants are assigned their own number. An example is the [[B61 nuclear bomb]], which was the parent design for the [[W80 (nuclear warhead)|W80]], [[W81]], and [[W84]]. There are also examples of out-of-sequence numbering and other prefixes used in special occasions.

This list includes weapons which were developed to the point of being assigned a model number (and in many cases, prototypes were test fired), but which were then cancelled prior to introduction into military service. Those models are listed as cancelled, along with the year or date of cancellation of their program.

* Bombs – designated with Mark ("Mk") numbers until 1968, and with "B" numbers after that. "Test Experimental" bombs designated with "TX".
** Mark 1 – "[[Little Boy]]" gun-type uranium weapon (used against Hiroshima). (13–18&nbsp;kilotons, 1945–1950)
** Mark 2 – "[[Mark 2 nuclear bomb|Thin Man]]" plutonium gun design—cancelled in 1944 as not suitable for the plutonium produced i.e. plutonium-239 but with plutonium-240 isotope impurities.
*** Implosion Mark 2 – Another Manhattan Project plutonium implosion weapon, a hollow [[plutonium pit|pit]] [[Implosion-type nuclear weapon|implosion design]], was also sometimes referred to as Mark 2. Also cancelled 1944.
** Mark 3 – "[[Fat Man]]" plutonium implosion weapon (used against Nagasaki), effectively the same as the "Gadget" device used in the [[Trinity (nuclear test)|Trinity nuclear test]] with minor design differences. (21&nbsp;kilotons, 1945–1950)
** [[Mark 4 nuclear bomb|Mark 4]] – Post-war "Fat Man" redesign. Bomb designed with weapon characteristics as the foremost criteria. (1949–1953)
** [[Mark 5 nuclear bomb|Mark 5]] – Significantly smaller high efficiency nuclear bomb. (1–120&nbsp;kilotons, 1952–1963)
** [[Mark 6 nuclear bomb|Mark 6]] – Improved version of Mk-4. (8–160&nbsp;kilotons, 1951–1962)
** [[Mark 7 nuclear bomb|Mark 7]] – Multi-purpose tactical bomb. (8–61&nbsp;kilotons, 1952–1967)
** [[Mark 8 nuclear bomb|Mark 8]] – Gun-assembly, [[highly enriched uranium|HEU]] weapon designed for penetrating hardened targets. (25–30&nbsp;kilotons, 1951–1957)
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** [[Mark 10 nuclear bomb|Mark 10]] – Improved version of Mk-8 (12–15&nbsp;kilotons, cancelled May 1952).
** [[Mark 11 nuclear bomb|Mark 11]] – Re-designed Mk-8. Gun-type (8–30&nbsp;kilotons).
** [[Mark 12 nuclear bomb|Mark 12]] – Light-weight bomb to be carried by [[fighter aircraft]] (12–14&nbsp;kilotons).
** [[Mark 13 nuclear bomb|Mark 13]] – Improved version of Mk-6 (cancelled August 1954).
** TX/[[Mark 14 nuclear bomb|Mark 14]] – First deployable solid-fuel [[thermonuclear bomb]] ([[Castle Union]] device). Only five produced. (5 Megatons)
** [[Mark 15 nuclear bomb|Mark 15]] – First "lightweight" thermonuclear weapon. (1.7–3.8 Megatons, 1955–1965)
** TX/[[Mark 16 nuclear bomb|Mark 16]] – First weaponized thermonuclear weapon ([[Ivy Mike]] device). Only [[cryogenic]] weapon ever deployed. Only five produced. (6–8 Megatons)
** [[Mark 17 nuclear bomb|Mark 17]] – High-yield thermonuclear. Heaviest U.S. weapon, second highest yield of any U.S. weapon. Very similar to Mk-24. (10–15 Megatons)
** [[Mark 18 nuclear bomb|Mark 18]] – Very high yield fission weapon ([[Ivy King]] device).
** [[Mark 20 nuclear bomb|Mark 20]] – Improved Mark 13 (cancelled 1954)
** [[Mark 21 nuclear bomb|Mark 21]] – Re-designed variant of [[Castle Bravo]] test
** [[Mark 22 nuclear bomb|Mark 22]] – Failed thermonuclear design ([[Castle Koon]] device, cancelled April 1954).
** [[Mark 24 nuclear bomb|Mark 24]] – High-yield thermonuclear, very similar to Mk-17 but had a different secondary.
** [[Mark 26 nuclear bomb|Mark 26]] – Similar design to Mk 21 (cancelled 1956).
** [[Mark 27 nuclear bomb|Mark 27]] – Navy nuclear bomb (1958–1965)
** [[Mk 101 Lulu]] (1958–1971)
** [[Mk 105 Hotpoint]] (1958–1965)
** [[B28 nuclear bomb]] (Mark 28) (1958–1991)
** [[Mark 36 nuclear bomb|Mark 36]] – Strategic nuclear bomb (1956–1961) 6–19 Megatons
** [[Mark 39 nuclear bomb|Mark 39]] (1957–1966)
** [[B41 nuclear bomb]] (Mark 41) (1960–1976); highest yield US nuclear weapon (25 Megatons).
** [[B43 nuclear bomb]] (Mark 43) (1961–1991)
** [[B46 nuclear bomb]] or (Mark 46); experimental, design evolved into [[B53 nuclear bomb]] and [[W53|W-53 warhead]] (cancelled 1958)
** [[Mark 90 nuclear bomb]] (1952–1960)
** [[B53 nuclear bomb]] (1962–1997; dismantled 2010–2011)
** [[B57 nuclear bomb]] (1963–1993)
** [[B61 nuclear bomb]] (1966–present)
** [[B77 nuclear bomb]] (cancelled 1977)
** [[B83 nuclear bomb]] (1983–present)
** [[B90 nuclear bomb]] (cancelled 1991)
** Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator design program (2001–2005, cancelled)
*[[Nuclear artillery]] shells
** 16-inch (406&nbsp;mm)
*** [[W23 (nuclear artillery shell)|W23]] (1956–1962) gun-type
** 11-inch (280&nbsp;mm)
*** [[W9 (nuclear warhead)|W9]] (1952–1957) gun-type
*** [[W19 (nuclear artillery shell)|W19]] (1953–1956) gun-type, W9 derivative
** 8-inch (203&nbsp;mm)
*** [[W33 (nuclear weapon)|W33]] (1956–1980s) gun-type
*** [[W75 (nuclear warhead)|W75]] (cancelled 1973)
*** [[W79 Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile|W79]] (1981–1992)
** There were/are also nuclear warheads for the Army's 175&nbsp;mm (6.9-inch) and 155&nbsp;mm (6.1-inch) artillery.
*** [[W48]] (1963–1992)
*** [[W74 (nuclear warhead)|W74]] (cancelled 1973)
*** [[W82]] (cancelled 1983 (W-82-0 [[neutron bomb|Enhanced Radiation]]) and 1990 (W-82-1 fission only))
*Atomic Demolition Munitions
** [[Mark 7 nuclear bomb|W7]]/ADM-B (c. 1954–1967)
** [[T-4 Atomic Demolition Munition|T4 ADM]] (1957–1963) Gun-type
** [[W30 (nuclear warhead)|W30]]/[[Tactical Atomic Demolition Munition]] (1961–1966)
** [[W31]]/ADM (1960–1965)
** [[W45 (nuclear warhead)|W45]]/[[Medium Atomic Demolition Munition]] (1964–1984)
** [[W54]]/[[Special Atomic Demolition Munition]] (1965–1989)
* Missile and Rocket [[warhead]]s
** [[Mark 4 nuclear bomb|W4]] for [[SM-62 Snark]] [[cruise missile]] (cancelled 1951)
** [[W5 (nuclear warhead)|W5]] for [[MGM-1 Matador]] cruise missile (1954–1963)
** [[Mark 7 nuclear bomb|W7]] for [[MGR-1 Honest John]] [[Rocket artillery|artillery rocket]] (1954–1960), [[MGM-5 Corporal]] [[Tactical ballistic missile|TBM]] (1955–1964), [[Nike Hercules]] [[Surface-to-air missile|SAM]], and [[BOAR]] air-to-surface rocket (ASR) (1958–1960s)
** [[Mark 8 nuclear bomb#Variants|W8]] for [[SSM-N-8 Regulus]] cruise missile, Gun-type (cancelled 1955)
** [[W12 nuclear warhead|W12]] for [[RIM-8 Talos]] SAM (cancelled 1955)
** [[Mark 13 nuclear bomb|W13]] for [[SM-62 Snark]] cruise missile and [[PGM-11 Redstone]] [[Short-range ballistic missile|SRBM]] (cancelled 1954)
** [[W15 warhead|W15]] for [[SM-62 Snark]] cruise missile (cancelled 1957)
** [[W21 (nuclear weapon)|W21]] for [[SM-64 Navaho]] cruise missile (cancelled 1957)
** [[W25 (nuclear warhead)|W25]] for MB-1 "Ding Dong", later [[AIR-2 Genie]] [[Air-to-air rocket|AAR]] (1957–1984)
** [[W27 warhead|W27]] for [[SSM-N-8 Regulus]] and [[SSM-N-9 Regulus II]] cruise missile (1958–1965)
** [[W28 (nuclear warhead)|W28]] for [[Hound Dog (missile)|AGM-28 Hound Dog]] and [[MGM-13 Mace]] cruise missiles (1958–1976)
** {{anchor|W29}}W29 for [[SM-64 Navaho]] cruise missile, [[PGM-11 Redstone]] SRBM, and [[SM-62 Snark]] cruise missile (cancelled 1955)
** [[W30 (nuclear warhead)|W30]] for [[RIM-8 Talos]] SAM (1959–1979)
** [[W31]] for [[MGR-1 Honest John]] artillery rocket (1961–1985), [[Nike Hercules]] SAM (1960s–1988)
** [[W34 (nuclear bomb)|W34]] for [[Mk 101 Lulu]] [[Nuclear depth charge|depth charge]], [[Mark 45 torpedo|Mark 45 ASTOR]] [[Nuclear torpedo|torpedo]], [[Mk 105 Hotpoint]] bomb (1958–1976)
** [[XW-35|W35]] for [[SM-65 Atlas]] [[Intercontinental ballistic missile|ICBM]], [[HGM-25A Titan I]] ICBM, [[PGM-17 Thor]] [[Intermediate-range ballistic missile|IRBM]], and [[PGM-19 Jupiter]] [[Medium-range ballistic missile|MRBM]] (cancelled 1958)
** [[XW-37|W37]] (cancelled 1956)
** [[W38 (nuclear warhead)|W38]] for [[SM-65 Atlas]] ICBM and [[HGM-25A Titan I]] ICBM (1961–1965)
** [[W39 (nuclear warhead)|W39]] for [[PGM-11 Redstone]] SRBM (1958–1964)
** [[W40 (nuclear warhead)|W40]] for [[MGM-18 Lacrosse]] TBM, [[CIM-10 Bomarc]] SAM (1959–1972)
** [[W41 (nuclear warhead)|W41]] for [[SM-64 Navaho]] cruise missile (cancelled 1957)
** [[W42 (nuclear warhead)|W42]] for [[MIM-23 Hawk]] SAM, [[AIM-47 Falcon]] [[Air-to-air missile|AAM]], [[AAM-N-10 Eagle]] AAM (cancelled 1961)
** [[W44 (nuclear warhead)|W44]] for [[RUR-5 ASROC]] [[Surface-to-surface missile|SSM]] (1961–1989) [[File:Nuclear depth charge explodes near USS Agerholm (DD-826) on 11 May 1962.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|1962 test of an [[ASROC]] antisubmarine rocket armed with the W44]]
** [[W45 (nuclear warhead)|W45]] for [[MGR-3 Little John]] artillery rocket, [[RIM-2 Terrier]] SAM, and [[AGM-12 Bullpup]] [[Air-to-surface missile|ASM]] (1961–1969 (some 1988))
** [[XW-46]] for [[PGM-11 Redstone]] SRBM and [[SM-62 Snark]] cruise missile (cancelled 1958)
** [[W47]] for [[UGM-27 Polaris]] A-1 and A-2 [[Submarine-launched ballistic missile|SLBM]]s (1960–1974)
** [[W49]] for [[PGM-19 Jupiter]] MRBM (1959–1963) and [[PGM-17 Thor]] IRBM (1959–1963)
** [[W50 (nuclear warhead)|W50]] for [[MGM-31 Pershing]] SRBM, and [[Hopi (missile)|Hopi]] ASR (1960–1990)
** [[XW-51]] for various (program converted to [[W54]] in 1959)
** [[W52 (nuclear warhead)|W52]] for [[MGM-29 Sergeant]] TBM (1962–1977)
** [[W53]] for [[LGM-25C Titan II]] ICBM (1962–1987)
** [[W54]] for [[Davy Crockett (nuclear device)|Davy Crockett]] recoilless rifle, [[AIM-26 Falcon]] [[Air-to-air missile|AAM]], and [[AIM-4 Falcon]] AAM (1961–1972)
** [[W55 (nuclear warhead)|W55]] for [[UUM-44 SUBROC]] SSM (1965–1989)
** [[W56]] for [[LGM-30 Minuteman]] I and II ICBMs (1963–1993)
** [[W58]] for [[UGM-27 Polaris]] A-3 SLBM (1964–1982)
** [[W59]] for [[LGM-30 Minuteman]] I ICBM and [[GAM-87 Skybolt]] [[Air-launched ballistic missile|ALBM]] (1962–1969)
** [[W60 (nuclear warhead)|W60]] for [[RIM-50 Typhon]] SAM (cancelled 1963)
** [[B61 nuclear bomb#W61 Earth Penetrator Warhead|W61]] for [[MGM-134 Midgetman]] (cancelled 1992)
** [[W62]] for [[LGM-30 Minuteman]] III ICBM, (1970–2010)
** [[W63 (nuclear warhead)|W63]] for [[MGM-52 Lance]] TBM (warhead cancelled 1966)
** [[W64 (nuclear warhead)|W64]] for [[MGM-52 Lance]] TBM (warhead cancelled 1964)
** [[W65 (nuclear warhead)|W65]] for [[Sprint (missile)|Sprint]] [[Anti-ballistic missile|ABM]] (cancelled 1968)
** [[W66 (nuclear warhead)|W66]] for [[Sprint (missile)|Sprint]] ABM (available 1970–1975)
** [[W67 (nuclear warhead)|W67]] for [[UGM-73 Poseidon]] SLBM and [[LGM-30 Minuteman]] III ICBM (cancelled 1967)
** [[W68]] for [[UGM-73 Poseidon]] SLBM (1970–1991)
** [[W69]] for [[AGM-69 SRAM]] ASM (1972–1990)
** [[W70]] for [[MGM-52 Lance]] TBM (deployed 1973–1992)
** [[W71]] for [[LIM-49A Spartan]] ABM (deployed 1974–1975; dismantled 1992)
** [[W72 (nuclear warhead)|W72]] for [[AGM-62 Walleye]] [[glide bomb]] (1970–1979)
** [[W73 (nuclear warhead)|W73]] for [[AGM-53 Condor]] ASM (cancelled 1970)
** [[W76]] for [[UGM-96 Trident I]] and [[UGM-133 Trident II]] SLBMs (1978–present)
** [[W78]] for [[LGM-30 Minuteman]] III ICBM (1979–present)
** [[W80 (nuclear warhead)|W80]] for [[AGM-86 ALCM|AGM-86]], [[AGM-129 ACM|AGM-129]], [[Tomahawk (missile family)|BGM-109 Tomahawk]], and [[AGM-181 LRSO]] cruise missiles (1981–present)
** [[W81]] for [[RIM-67 Standard]] ER SAM, based on B61 (cancelled 1986)
** [[W84]] for [[BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile|BGM-109G Gryphon]] cruise missile (1983–1991)
** [[W85 (nuclear warhead)|W85]] for [[Pershing II]] MRBM and Pershing 1b SRBM (1983–1991)
** [[W86]] for [[Pershing II]] MRBM Earth penetrating warhead option (cancelled 1980)
** [[W87]] for [[LGM-118 Peacekeeper]] ICBM (1986–2005), [[LGM-30 Minuteman]] III ICBM (2007–present), and [[LGM-35 Sentinel]] ICBM (future)
*** [[W87#Variants|W87-1]] for [[MGM-134 Midgetman]] ICBM (cancelled 1992)
** [[W88]] for [[UGM-133 Trident II]] SLBM (1988–present)
** [[W89]] for [[AGM-131 SRAM II]] ASM and [[UUM-125 Sea Lance]] SSM (cancelled 1991)
** [[W91]] for [[AGM-131 SRAM II#SRAM-T|SRAM-T]] ASM (cancelled 1991)
** [[Reliable Replacement Warhead]] (RRW1) design program (2004–2008, cancelled)
** [[W93]] for [[UGM-133 Trident II]] SLBM (proposed)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.defensenews.com/smr/nuclear-arsenal/2020/02/24/inside-americas-newly-revealed-nuclear-ballistic-missile-warhead-of-the-future/ |title=Inside America's newly revealed nuclear ballistic missile warhead of the future |date=24 February 2020 |access-date=2020-10-18}}</ref>

See also [[Enduring Stockpile]].

===Common nuclear primaries===

Several American weapons designs share common components. These include publicly identified models listed below.
{|class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|+ Common nuclear fission primaries
|-
! Model
! Used in these weapons
|-
| [[RACER IV]] primary
| TX/[[Mark 14 nuclear bomb|Mark 14]], TX/[[Mark 16 nuclear bomb|Mark 16]], [[Mark 17 nuclear bomb|Mark 17]]
|-
| [[Python primary]]
| [[B28 nuclear bomb|B28]] [[W28 (nuclear warhead)|W28]] [[W40 (nuclear warhead)|W40]] [[W49]]
|-
| [[Boa primary]]
| [[W30 (nuclear warhead)|W30]] [[W52 (nuclear warhead)|W52]]
|-
| [[Robin primary]]
| [[W38 (nuclear warhead)|W38]] [[W45 (nuclear warhead)|W45]] [[W47]]
|-
| [[Tsetse primary]]
| [[B43 nuclear bomb|B43]] [[W44 (nuclear warhead)|W44]] [[W50 (nuclear warhead)|W50]] [[B57 nuclear bomb|B57]] [[W59]]
|-
| [[Kinglet primary]]
| [[W55 (nuclear warhead)|W55]] [[W58]]
|-
| [[B61 Family]]
| [[B61 nuclear bomb|B61]] [[W69]] [[W73 (nuclear warhead)|W73]] [[W80 (nuclear warhead)|W80]] [[W81]] [[W84]]{{verification needed|date=September 2025}}[[W85 (nuclear warhead)|W85]] [[W86]]
|}

==Soviet Union/Russia==
{{Main|Russia and weapons of mass destruction}}
At the peak of its arsenal in 1988, Russia possessed around 45,000 nuclear weapons in its stockpile, roughly 13,000 more than the United States arsenal, the second largest in the world, which peaked in 1966.<ref name="NorrisKristensenGlobal">Robert S. Norris and Hans M. Kristensen, "[http://thebulletin.metapress.com/content/c4120650912x74k7/fulltext.pdf Global nuclear stockpiles, 1945–2006]," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 62, no. 4 (July/August 2006), pp. 64–66.</ref>
*Tests
*Torpedoes
**53–58 torpedo with 10 kilotons [[RDS-9]] warhead
**65–73 torpedo with 20 kilotons
**[[VA-111 Shkval]] with 150 kilotons
*Bombs
**[[RDS-1]], 22 kiloton bomb. Tested 29 August 1949 as "First Light" (Joe 1). Total of 5 stockpiled
**[[RDS-2]], 38 kiloton bomb. Tested 24 September 1951 as "Second Light." The RDS-2 was an entirely Russian design, delayed by development of the RDS-1
**[[RDS-3]], 42 kiloton bomb. First Soviet bomb tested in an airdrop on 18 October 1951. First 'mass-produced" Soviet bomb
**[[RDS-3I]], 62 kiloton bomb. Tested 24 October 1954. The RDS-31 was an improved RDS-3 with external [[neutron generator]]
**[[RDS-4]], "Tatyana" 42 kiloton bomb. The RDS-4 was smaller and lighter than previous Soviet Bombs.
**[[RDS-5]]
**[[RDS-6]], also known as RDS-6S, or "sloika" or "layer cake" gaining about 20% of its yield from fusion. RDS-6 was tested on 12 August 1953. Yield 400 kilotons
**[[RDS-7]], a backup for the RDS-6, the RDS-7 was a 500 kiloton all fission bomb comparable to the US Mk-18, development dropped after success of the RDS-6S
**[[RDS-27]], 250 kiloton bomb, a 'boosted' fission bomb tested 6 November 1955.
**[[RDS-37]], 3 megaton bomb, the first Soviet two-stage hydrogen bomb, tested 22 November 1955
**[http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/TsarBomba.html RDS-220] [[Tsar Bomba]] an extremely large three stage bomb, initially designed as a 100-megaton-bomb, but was scaled down to 50 megatons for testing.
*[[Intercontinental Ballistic Missile]]s<!-- note to editors – SS-4 and SS-5 as well, the SS-1 and 2, (R-1 and R-2) never were nuclear capable... -->
**[[RDS-9]], 40 kiloton warhead<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atomicforum.org/russia/russiaweapons.html |title=de beste bron van informatie over Nuclear weapons. Deze website is te koop! |publisher=atomicforum.org |access-date=2012-08-14}}</ref> for R-5M MRBM (SS-3)
**[[RDS-37]], 3 [[TNT equivalent|megaton]] warhead<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |title=R-7 – SS-6 SAPWOOD Russian / Soviet Nuclear Forces |url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/r-7.htm |access-date=2012-08-14 |publisher=Fas.org}}</ref> for [[R-7 Semyorka|R-7 Semyorka / SS-6 Sapwood]] ICBM
**[[RDS-46]], 5 [[TNT equivalent|megaton]] warhead<ref name="autogenerated1"/> for [[R-7A Semyorka|R-7A Semyorka / SS-6 Sapwood]] ICBM
**[[8F17 (warhead)|8F17]], 3 megaton<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/r-16.htm |title=R-16 / SS-7 SADDLER – Russian / Soviet Nuclear Forces |publisher=Fas.org |access-date=2012-08-14}}</ref> warhead for [[R-16 (missile)|R-16 / SS-7 Saddler]] ICBM
**[[8F115]] and [[8F116]], 5–6 megaton<ref name="autogenerated2"/> warhead for [[R-16 (missile)|R-16 / SS-7 Saddler]] ICBM
**Unknown model warheads for [[R-9 Desna|R-9 / SS-8 Sasin]] ICBM
**[[15F42]] 1.2 megaton warhead for [[UR-100|UR-100 / SS-11 Mod 3 Sego]] ICBM
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**Unknown model 750 [[kiloton]] to 1.0 [[TNT equivalent|megaton]] warhead for [[RT-2|RT-2 / SS-13 Mod 1 Savage]] ICBM
**[[15F1r]] 750 kiloton to 1.65 [[TNT equivalent|megaton]] warhead for [[RT-2|RT-2 / SS-13 Mod 2 Savage]] ICBM
**Unknown model 466 kiloton warhead for [[RT-2|RT-2 / SS-13 Mod 3 Savage]] ICBM
**Unknown model 500 kiloton warhead for [[RT-20P|RT-20 / SS-15 Scrooge]] ICBM
**Unknown model 1.5 megaton warhead for [[RT-20P|RT-20 / SS-15 Scrooge]] ICBM
**Unknown model 650 kiloton to 1.5 megaton warheads for [[RT-21 Temp 2S|RT-21 Temp 2S / SS-16 Sinner]] ICBM
**Unknown model 300–750 kiloton warheads for [[MR-UR-100 Sotka|MR-UR-100 Sotka / SS-17 Spanker Mod 1]] ICBM
**Unknown model 4–6 megaton warhead for [[MR-UR-100 Sotka|MR-UR-100 Sotka / SS-17 Spanker Mod 2]] ICBM
**8F675 (Mod2) 20 megaton warhead for [[R-36 (missile)|R-36M2 / SS-18 Satan]] ICBM
**8F021 2 or 5 megaton warheads for [[R-36 (missile)|R-36MP / SS-18 Satan]] ICBM (3 MIRV warheads)
**unknown 550 kiloton warheads for [[R-36 (missile)|R-36M2 / SS-18 Satan]] ICBM (10 MIRV warheads)
**Unknown model 750 kiloton warheads for [[R-36 (missile)|R-36M2 / SS-18 Satan]] ICBM (10 MIRV warheads)
**Unknown model 550 kiloton warheads for [[UR-100N|UR-100N / SS-19 Mod 1 Stiletto]] ICBM (6 MIRV warheads)
**Unknown model 2.5–5 megaton warhead for [[UR-100N|UR-100N / SS-19 Mod 2 Stiletto]] ICBM
**Unknown model 550 kiloton warheads for [[RT-23 Molodets|RT-23 Molodets / SS-24 Scalpel]] ICBM (10 MIRV warheads)
**Unknown model 550 kiloton warhead for [[RT-2PM Topol|RT-2PM Topol / SS-25 Sickle]] ICBM
**Unknown model 550 kiloton warhead for [[RT-2PM2 Topol-M|RT-2UTTH Topol M / SS-27 Sickle B]] ICBM
<!-- note to editors .. source on 50 megaton SS-15 based on A Beka Books 10th grade History book and local newspaper story.  Also partial reference via guest speaker on the Coast to Coast AM late-night radio show -->
<!-- note to editors .. given the fact that the RT-20 was a development failure due to the weight of the missile, (mobile missile) the 50 megaton warhead is an absurd proposition I recommend removing the reference  -->
*Various [[tactical nuclear weapons]] including "[[suitcase bomb]]s" (RA-115 or RA-115-01 as examples)

==United Kingdom==

{{Main|Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom}}
* [[Blue Steel missile|Blue Steel]]
* [[Yellow Sun (nuclear weapon)|Yellow Sun]] productionised air-delivered thermonuclear bomb casing.
* Warheads
** [[Blue Danube (nuclear weapon)|Blue Danube]] Fission weapon.
** [[Red Snow]] for Yellow Sun Mk.2.
** [[Green Grass (nuclear warhead)|Green Grass]] For Yellow Sun Mk.1.
** [[Red Beard (nuclear weapon)|Red Beard]], tactical nuclear weapon.
** [[WE.177]] (also used as a nuclear depth charge).
** [[Blue Cat (nuclear weapon)|Blue Cat]] – nuclear warhead a.k.a. Tony – UK version of US W44, a.k.a. ''Tsetse''.
** [[Blue Fox (nuclear weapon)|Blue Fox]] – kiloton range nuclear weapon, later renamed Indigo Hammer – not to be confused with the later Blue Fox radar.
** [[Blue Peacock]] ten-kiloton nuclear land mine, a.k.a. the "chicken-powered nuclear bomb", originally 'Blue Bunny' It used the Blue Danube physics package.
** [[Blue Rosette]] – short-case nuclear weapon bomb casing for reconnaissance bomber to spec R156T, including the Avro 730, Handley Page HP.100, English Electric P10, Vickers SP4 and various others.
** [[Blue Slug]] – nuclear ship-to-ship missile using Sea Slug launcher.
** [[Blue Water (missile)|Blue Water]] – nuclear armed surface to surface missile.
** [[Green Bamboo]] – nuclear weapon.
** [[Green Cheese (missile)|Green Cheese]] – nuclear anti-ship missile.
** [[Green Flash (missile)|Green Flash]] – Green Cheese's replacement.
** [[Green Granite]] – nuclear weapons – Green Granite (small) & Green Granite (large).
** [[Green Grass (nuclear warhead)|Green Grass]] – nuclear weapon
** [[Indigo Hammer]] – nuclear weapon
** [[Orange Herald]] – fusion-boosted fission weapon. It is believed that the fusion boost didn't work, which would make it the most powerful fission bomb ever tested at 720 kt.
** [[Violet Club]] – nuclear weapon

==France==
{{Main|France and weapons of mass destruction|Force de Frappe}}
France is said to have an arsenal of 350 nuclear weapons stockpiled as of 2002.

*Bombs
**[[AN-11 bomb|AN 11]]
**[[AN-22 bomb|AN 22]]
**[[AN-52 bomb|AN 52]] ([[MR 50 CTC]])
*Warheads (and missiles)
**[[MR 31]] ([[S2 (missile)|S2]])
**[[MR 41]] ([[M1 (missile)|M1]] and [[M2 (missile)|M2]])
**[[MR 50|MR 50 CTC]] ([[AN 51 CTC]] and [[AN 52 CTC]])
**[[AN 51|AN 51 CTC]] ([[Pluton (missile)|Pluton]])
**[[AN 52|AN 52 CTC]] ([[AN-52 bomb|AN 52]])
**[[TN 60]] ([[M20 (missile)|M20]])
**[[TN 61]] ([[M20 (missile)|M20]] and [[S3 (missile)|S3]])
**[[TN 70]] [[MIRV]] ([[M4 (missile)|M4]])
**[[TN 71]] [[MIRV]] ([[M4 (missile)|M4]])
**[[TN 75]] [[MIRV]] ([[M45 (missile)|M45]] and [[M51 (missile)|M51]])
**TN 76 [[MIRV]] ([[M5 (missile)|M5]])
**[[TN 80]] ([[Air-Sol Moyenne Portée|ASMP]])
**[[TN 81]] ([[Air-Sol Moyenne Portée|ASMP]])
**[[TN 90]] ([[Hadès (missile)|Hadès]])
**[[Tête nucléaire aéroportée|TNA]] ([[Air-Sol Moyenne Portée|ASMP-A]])
**[[Tête nucléaire océanique|TNO]] [[MIRV]] ([[M51 (missile)|M51]])

==China==
{{Main|China and weapons of mass destruction}}
China is believed to possess around 250 nuclear weapons, but has released very little information about the contents of its arsenal.
*Tests:
**[[596 (nuclear test)]]
**[[Test No. 6]]
*Ballistic Missiles:
**[[Dongfeng (missile)#Dongfeng 1 (SS-2)|DF-1]]
**[[DF-2]]
**[[DF-3A]]
**[[DF-4]]
**[[DF-5]]
**[[DF-11]]
**[[DF-15]]
**[[DF-17]]
**[[DF-21]]
**[[DF-31]]
**[[DF-31B]]
**[[DF-41]]
**[[JL-1]]
**[[JL-2]]
**[[B-611]]
**[[B-611#P-12|P-12]]
*Cruise Missiles
**[[DH-10]]
**[[CJ-10]]
**[[Hongniao missile#HN-1|HN1]]
**[[Hongniao missile#HN-2|HN2]]
**[[Hongniao missile#HN-3|HN3]]
**[[Changfeng (missile)#Chang Feng 2|CF-2]]
**[[Changfeng (missile)#Chang Feng 1|CF-1]]
**[[SS-N-2]]

==India==
{{Main|India and weapons of mass destruction}}
Although India's nuclear programme and its details are highly classified, international figures suggest that India possesses about 172 nuclear weapons as per 2024 estimate. In 1999, India was estimated to have 800&nbsp;kg of separated reactor-grade plutonium, with a total amount of 8,300&nbsp;kg of civilian plutonium, enough for approximately 1,000 nuclear weapons.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kristensen |first1=Hans M. |last2=Norris |first2=Robert S. |title=Indian nuclear forces, 2017 |journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists |date=5 July 2017 |volume=73 |issue=4 |page=205 |doi=10.1080/00963402.2017.1337998|bibcode=2017BuAtS..73d.205K |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=India's Nuclear Weapons Program|url=http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/IndiaArsenal.html|website=nuclearweaponarchive.org|access-date=26 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=India's and Pakistan's Fissile Material and Nuclear Weapons Inventories, end of 1999|url=http://www.isis-online.org/publications/southasia/stocks1000.html|publisher=Institute for Science and International Security|access-date=26 June 2012}}</ref>

==Israel==

{{Main|Israel and weapons of mass destruction}}
Israel is widely believed to possess a substantial arsenal of nuclear weapons and missiles, estimated at 75–130 and 100–200<ref>Normark, Magnus; Anders Lindblad; Anders Norqvist; Björn Sandström and Louise Waldenström. "Israel and WMD: Incentives and Capabilities." Swedish Defence Research Agency FOI-R--1734 – SE December 2005 <{{cite web |title=Israel and WMD: Incentives and Capabilities – Swedish Defence Research Agency |url=http://www.foi.se/FOI/templates/Page____4657.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707104517/http://www.foi.se/FOI/templates/Page____4657.aspx |archive-date=2007-07-07 |access-date=2007-10-20}}></ref> warheads, but refuses officially to confirm or deny whether it has a nuclear weapon program, leaving the details of any such weapons unclear. [[Mordechai Vanunu]], a former nuclear technician for Israel, confirmed the existence of a nuclear weapons program in 1986.

Unconfirmed rumors have hinted at tactical nuclear artillery shells, light fission bombs and missile warheads, and perhaps thermonuclear missile warheads.<ref>Hersh, Seymour M. ''The Samson option; Israel's nuclear arsenal and American foreign policy'', New York, Random House, 1991, {{ISBN|0-394-57006-5}}.</ref>

The [[BBC News Online]] website published an article<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7420573.stm |title=Middle East &#124; Israel 'has 150 nuclear weapons' |work=BBC News |date=2008-05-26 |access-date=2012-08-14}}</ref> on 28 May 2008, which quotes former U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] as stating that Israel has at least 150 nuclear weapons. The article continues to state that this is the second confirmation of Israel's nuclear capability by a U.S. spokesman following comments from U.S. Defense Secretary [[Robert Gates]] at a Senate hearing and had apparently been confirmed a short time later by Israeli Prime Minister [[Ehud Olmert]].<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7420573.stm "Israel 'has 150 nuclear weapons'", ''BBC News Online''] May 28, 2008</ref>

==Pakistan==
{{Main|Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction}}
As of 2024, [[Pakistan]] is believed to possess about 170 nuclear [[nuclear weapons|weapon devices]] and the specifications of these weapon systems and their productions are highly classified. The main series for nuclear transportation is [[Pakistani missile research and development program|Hatf]] (lit. ''Target'').<ref name="armscontrol.org">{{cite web|title=Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance|url=https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat|website=Arms Control Association|publisher=ACA|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name=Stockpile2>{{cite web|title=Global nuclear weapons|url=https://sipri.org/yearbook/2019/06/|website=sipri|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

==North Korea==

{{Main|North Korea and weapons of mass destruction}}
North Korea claims to possess nuclear weapons, however, the specifications of its systems are not public. It is estimated to have 6–18 low yield nuclear weapons (August 2012 estimate).<ref name="NK2015">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9487574/North-Korea-could-have-fuel-for-48-nuclear-weapons-by-2015.html|title=North Korea could have fuel for 48 nuclear weapons by 2015|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=20 August 2012|access-date=8 November 2012}}</ref> On 9 October 2006, [[2006 North Korean nuclear test|North Korea achieved its first nuclear detonation]].

On 25 May 2009, North Korea conducted a second test of nuclear weapons at the same location as the original test. The test weapon was of the same magnitude as the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in the 2nd World War. At the same time of the test, North Korea tested two short range ballistic missiles. The country tested a 7&nbsp;kt nuclear weapon on 2 February 2013. On 3 September 2017, North Korea conducted an underground thermonuclear test which had an estimated yield of 100kt to 250kt, according to various sources.

On March 24, 2023, North Korea unveiled the [[Hwasan-31]] tactical nuclear bomb with at least 10 warheads shown, each measuring an estimated 40 to 50 centimeters in diameter and 1 meter in length as reported by the South Korean media. [[Hwasong-11A]] (KN-23) and [[KN-25]] ballistic missiles are capable of carrying it.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=176743 | title=North Korea Unveils Tactical Nuclear Warheads for First Time }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 28, 2023 |title=&#91;영상&#93; '화산-31' 전술핵탄두 전격 공개한 북한…7차 핵실험 임박했나? |url=https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1007131385 |access-date=August 21, 2025 |language=ko}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=정다예 |date=March 28, 2023 |title=북한, 전술핵탄두 전격 공개…김정은 "무기급 핵물질 확대" |work=연합뉴스 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/MYH20230328011200641 |language=ko}}</ref>

==South Africa==
{{Main|South Africa and weapons of mass destruction}}
South Africa built six or seven gun-type weapons. All constructed weapons were verified by [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] and other international observers to have been dismantled along with the complete weapons program, although they still possess the highly enriched uranium.

==See also==
*[[Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents]]
*[[Nuclear weapon yield]]
*[[Nuclear weapon]]
*[[Nuclear bunker buster]]

==References==
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===Bibliography===
* Cochran, Thomas, Arkin, William, Hoenig, Milton. ''Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume I, U.S. Nuclear Forces and Capabilities''. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ballinger Publishing Company, 1984, {{ISBN|0-88410-173-8}}.
* Gibson, James N. ''Nuclear Weapons of the United States''. Altglen, Pennsylvania, Schiffer Publishing, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-7643-0063-9}}.
* Hansen, Chuck. ''U.S. Nuclear Weapons''. Arlington, Texas, Areofax, Incorporated, 1988. {{ISBN|0-517-56740-7}}.
*<!-- <ref name=hansen-swords> -->Hansen, Chuck, ''[http://www.uscoldwar.com/ Swords of Armageddon]'' (2nd Ed., CD-ROM & download available). PDF. 2,600 pages, Sunnyvale, California, Chucklea Publications, 1995, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-9791915-0-3}}.
* Holloway, David, ''Stalin and the Bomb''. New Haven, Connecticut & London, England, [[Yale University Press]], 1994, {{ISBN|0-300-06056-4}}.
* Zaloga, Steven J., ''The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword''. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002, {{ISBN|1-58834-007-4}}.

==External links==
*{{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20010927182410/http://cns.miis.edu/research/safrica/chron.htm |title=CNS Resources on South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program |date=2001-09-27}} – indicates that "most international experts conclude that South Africa has completed its nuclear disarmament. South Africa is the first and to date only country to build nuclear weapons and then entirely dismantle its nuclear weapons program."

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