U.S. Nuclear Warheads' Scary Modernization

Russian Experts Comment on the U.S. Program of Upgrading Nuclear Warheads U.S. nuclear weaponry experts have published a report on the ongoing programme to retrofit W76-1/Mk4A warheads of Trident II SLBMs with burst-height compensating super-fuses. The upgrade will significantly improve the missile’s kill ratio as applied to silo-based ICBMs, thus freeing up a considerable portion of the United States’ arsenal for engaging other targets of potential enemies. Experts believe that, apart from the...