MR 41
The MR 41 is a French-built nuclear warhead to be launched with the M1 and M2 missiles in Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines. It had a yield of 500 kilotons and was boosted fission warhead based on highly enriched uranium combined with deuterium and tritium. Entering service in 1972 it was withdrawn from service by the end of 1979, being replaced by TN 60 thermonuclear warheads.
MR 41
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The MR 41 is a French-built nuclear warhead to be launched with the M1 and M2 missiles in Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines. It had a yield of 500 kilotons and was boosted fission warhead based on highly enriched uranium combined with deuterium and tritium. Entering service in 1972 it was withdrawn from service by the end of 1979, being replaced by TN 60 thermonuclear warheads.
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MR 41 is associated with France.
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- 1.Un demi-siècle d'aéronautique en France : Les missiles balistiques, Émile Arnaud, CHEAr.
- 2.Bombes et têtes nucléaires françaises retirées du service.
- 3.Armement et République, .
- 4.Les français dans le Pacifique, , note 49, appelée ici TN 41.
- 5.Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Armement et ve République. CNRS Editions. 2002. 978-2-271-06011-2.
- Les Français dans le Pacifique. Presses de l'université Paris-Sorbonne. 2006. 978-2-84050-474-0.
- Weapons of Mass Destruction. Hachette UK. 2011.
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