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French Nuclear Weapons

 - Bombs

Warhead Yield Date Data
AN-11 60kt 1964-67 Freefall pure fission plutonium implosion type weapon. Weight 1,500kg, tested as Gerboise Bleue 13/02/1960
AN-22 70kt 1972-92 Smaller lighter repacment for the AN-11 with additional safety features. Weight 700kg, 40 stockpiled
AN-52 >25kt 1972-92 Shared MR 50 CTC (charge tactique commune) warhead with the Pluton missile. Weight 455kg 100 produced


 - Warheads

Warhead Yield Date Data
MR 31 120kt 1970-80 Un-boosted plutonium warhead for the S2 medium-range ballistic missile. Weight 700kg, tested 11/09/1966
MR 41 500kt 1972-79 Boosted fission HEU warhead used on the M1 and M2 SLBMs, replaced by TN 60 thermonuclear warhead. Tested 12/06/1971
MR 50 >25kt 1972-93 Variable yield plutonium fission implosion warhead. Two versions: AN 51 warhead - Pluton missile, AN 52 gravity bomb
TN 60 1Mt 1977 Thermonuclear missile warhead for the M20 SLBM. Hardened to penetrate the Russian anti-ballistic missile defences. Tested 24/08/1968
TN 61 1.2Mt 1977-91 Thermonuclear warhead which armed the M20 SLBM carried by the Redoutable-class SSBNs and the S3 IRBM
TN 70 150kt 1984-96 MIRV thermonuclear warhead which armed the M4-B SLBM on the Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines
TN 71 150kt 1985-96 MIRV thermonuclear warhead which armed the M4-B SLBM on the Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines
TN 75 150kt 1987-91 MIRV thermonuclear warhead used on M45 and M51 SLBM, carried by the Redoutable, Inflexible and Triomphant class submarines
TN 80 300kt 1985-91 Warhead of the ASMP air-to-surface missile carried by the Dassault Mirage IVP bomber. Hardened against nuclear defense missiles
TN 81 300kt 1988-91 Thermonuclear warhead carried by the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée (ASMP) medium-range air-to-surface missile
TN 90 >80kt 1990-96 Variable-yield tactical thermonuclear (or boosted fission) warhead for the Hadès short-range ballistic missile
TNA >300kt 2010 > Tête nucléaire aéroportée (Airborne nuclear warhead) variable yeild thermonuclear warhead carried on air-to-ground missiles or Rafale aircraft.
TNO ~150kt 2016 > Tête nucléaire océanique (Oceanic Nuclear Warhead) MIRV thermonuclear warhead equiping the M51 SLBM