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14th Oct 2009, 09:03

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Originally Posted by ORAC

The “U.K. Trident System” is thought to consist of a 100-kiloton thermonuclear warhead encased in a cone-shaped U.S. Mark-4 reentry vehicle.

Leaving aside any detail of the yield, you did get that bit right. Aldermaston/Burghfield Common's bang pack in Uncle Sam's re-entry body and bus. Your diagram shows the necessary programme elements necessary to accommodate a UK bomb core that was not W76.

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