Nuclear depth bomb
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A nuclear depth bomb is the nuclear equivalent of a conventional depth charge, and can be used in anti-submarine warfare for attacking submerged submarines. The Royal Navy, Soviet Navy, and United States Navy had nuclear depth bombs in their arsenals at one point.
Due to the use of a nuclear warhead of much greater explosive
Some aircraft were cleared for using these, such as the P2V Neptune, but none were used against any submarines.
Because of this much greater power some nuclear depth bombs feature a
During the
All nuclear anti-submarine weapons were withdrawn from service by China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States in or around 1990.[citation needed] They were replaced by conventional weapons such as the Mk 54 Torpedo that provided ever-increasing accuracy and range as anti-submarine warfare technology improved.
List of nuclear depth bombs
- RPK-6 Vodopad/RPK-7 Veter (1981–present)
- Ikara
- WE.177 (1966–1998)
- Mark 90 nuclear bomb (1952–1960)
- W34 for Mk 101 Lulu (1958–1971)
- W34 for Mk 105 Hotpoint (1958–1965)
- B57 nuclear bomb (1963–1993)
- B90 nuclear bomb (cancelled)
- W44 for RUR-5 ASROC (1961–1989)
- W55 for UUM-44 SUBROC (1964–1989)
- W89 for UUM-125 Sea Lance (cancelled)
See also
References
- ^ Declassified UK Archived 2022-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Richard Norton-Taylor, UK deployed 31 nuclear weapons during Falklands War, 3 January 2022.