The W87 is an American thermonuclear missile warhead formerly deployed on the LGM-118A Peacekeeper ("MX") ICBM. 50 MX missiles were built, each carrying up .... The new W-78 warheads could be in service for as little as five years, at an eye-balled cost (based on the above chart) exceeding $4 billion..
The W87-1 will be the first 100% newly manufactured nuclear warhead in the U.S. stockpile since the end of the Cold War.
Its pit will be encased .... The civilian agency will stick to its current schedule for the W87-1 warhead ... The first Sentinel missiles deployed will carry W87-0 warheads ....
The contract, overseen by the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center ... The specialized RV will carry the W87-1 warhead, which entered a new ....
