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Bookmark or Share- B53 nuclear bomb - WikipediaDeployed on Strategic Air Command bombers, the B53, with a yield of 9 megatons, was the most powerful weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal after the last B41 nuclear bombs were retired in 1976. The B53 was the basis of the W-53 warhead carried by the Titan II missile, which was decommissioned in 1987.
- B53 Thermonuclear Bomb - National Museum of the USAFAn enduring symbol of the Cold War, the B53 was one of the longest-lived nuclear weapons fielded by the United States, and it remained a key element of nuclear deterrence until retired in 1997. First produced in 1962, the Mk-53 "hydrogen" bomb -- later redesignated B53 -- was carried internally by B-47, B-52 and B-58 aircraft.
- The B-53 (Mk-53) Bomb - Nuclear Weapon ArchiveThe B-53 (Mk-53) Bomb. High yield strategic thermonuclear bomb. Last updated 3 April 1997     . The Mk/B-53 is the oldest and highest yield nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal. It is currently being removed from service as it is replaced by the B61-11. Design Features. Two stage radiation implosion weapon.
- Last Cold War-era B53 nuclear bomb dismantled in Texas - BBC25 October 2011. The huge B53 bears the distinctive design of an air-delivered bomb. The last of America's most powerful Cold War-era nuclear bombs - the B53 - has been dismantled in Texas....
- U.S. Nuclear Gravity Bomb | BrookingsForeign Policy. “Box-Office Bomb,” in the April 2 Washington Insight column, notes the impending retirement of the nine-megaton, 8,850-pound B53 nuclear bomb, described as the weapon “ridden...
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