Sandia National Laboratories: With Redesigned 'Brains,' W88 Nuclear Warhead Reaches Milestone
August 17, 2021
August 17, 2021
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release:
Sandia National Laboratories and its nuclear security enterprise partners recently completed the first production unit of a weapon assembly responsible for key operations of the W88 nuclear warhead.
"The arming, fuzing and firing assembly is the brains of the warhead," said Dolores Sanchez, senior manager of the W88 Alteratio . . .
Sandia National Laboratories and its nuclear security enterprise partners recently completed the first production unit of a weapon assembly responsible for key operations of the W88 nuclear warhead.
"The arming, fuzing and firing assembly is the brains of the warhead," said Dolores Sanchez, senior manager of the W88 Alteratio . . .