The TN 61 was a French nuclear warhead.
It was a lighter weight version of the
TN 60 warhead and quickly replaced it in service on the M20
SLBM
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s on the
Redoutable class
SSBNs. The TN 61 was also used on the
SSBS S3D IRBM missiles. The 1 to 1.2 megaton yield weapon was in service between 1977 and 1991.
References
*Norris, Robert, Burrows, Andrew, Fieldhouse, Richard "Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume V, British, French and Chinese Nuclear Weapons, San Francisco, Westview Press, 1994,
Nuclear warheads of France
Military equipment introduced in the 1970s
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