The W44 was an American nuclear warhead used on the ASROC

ASROC

ASROC is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers, destroyers, and frigates...

 tactical anti-submarine missile system.

The W44 had basic dimensions of 13.75 inches diameter and 25.3 inches length, a weight of 170 pounds, and a yield of 10 kilotons.

The W44 was in service from 1961 to 1989. A total of 575 weapons were produced.

The W44 was probably the same basic design as the Tsetse primary

Tsetse primary

The Tsetse was the common design nuclear fission bomb core for several Cold War designs for American nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, according to researcher Chuck Hansen....

, or fission bomb core used on the B43 nuclear bomb

B43 nuclear bomb

The B43 was a United States air-dropped variable yield nuclear weapon used by a wide variety of fighter bomber and bomber aircraft.The B43 was developed from 1956 by Los Alamos National Laboratory, entering production in 1959. It entered service in April 1961. Total production was 2,000 weapons,...

, W44, W50 nuclear warhead

W50 (atomic weapon)

The W-50 or W50 thermonuclear warhead was a nuclear bomb used on the MGM-31 Pershing intermediate range nuclear missile.There were two major variants produced , in three yield options .All variants were in diameter and long, weighing .The W50 used the Tsetse primary design...

, B57 nuclear bomb

B57 nuclear bomb

The B57 nuclear bomb was a tactical nuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War.Entering production in 1963 as the Mk 57, the bomb was designed to be dropped from high-speed tactical aircraft. It had a streamlined casing to withstand supersonic flight. It was 3 m long, with a...

, and W59 nuclear warhead

W59

The W59 was an American thermonuclear warhead used on some Minuteman I ICBM missiles from 1962-1969.The W59 was 16.3 inches in diameter and 47.8 inches long, and it weighed 550 pounds...

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See also

• List of nuclear weapons
• Nuclear weapon design
  Nuclear weapon design
  Nuclear weapon designs are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate. There are three basic design types...
  
  
• Tsetse primary
  Tsetse primary
  The Tsetse was the common design nuclear fission bomb core for several Cold War designs for American nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, according to researcher Chuck Hansen....
  
  
• B43 nuclear bomb
  B43 nuclear bomb
  The B43 was a United States air-dropped variable yield nuclear weapon used by a wide variety of fighter bomber and bomber aircraft.The B43 was developed from 1956 by Los Alamos National Laboratory, entering production in 1959. It entered service in April 1961. Total production was 2,000 weapons,...
  
  
• W50 nuclear warhead
  W50 (atomic weapon)
  The W-50 or W50 thermonuclear warhead was a nuclear bomb used on the MGM-31 Pershing intermediate range nuclear missile.There were two major variants produced , in three yield options .All variants were in diameter and long, weighing .The W50 used the Tsetse primary design...
  
  
• B57 nuclear bomb
  B57 nuclear bomb
  The B57 nuclear bomb was a tactical nuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War.Entering production in 1963 as the Mk 57, the bomb was designed to be dropped from high-speed tactical aircraft. It had a streamlined casing to withstand supersonic flight. It was 3 m long, with a...
  
  
• W59 nuclear warhead
  W59
  The W59 was an American thermonuclear warhead used on some Minuteman I ICBM missiles from 1962-1969.The W59 was 16.3 inches in diameter and 47.8 inches long, and it weighed 550 pounds...
  
  

External links

• Allbombs.html list of all US nuclear warheads at nuclearweaponarchive.org