TNA (Airborne nuclear warhead)
The French Tête nucléaire aéroportée - Airborne nuclear warhead (TNA) is a
TN 81 warhead carried by former Air-sol moyenne portée (ASMP) medium-range air-to-surface missile
.
Deployment: 54 warheads carried by the ASMP-A equipping the Dassault Rafale B with the French Air Force and Dassault Rafale M of Naval Aviation.[1] The airborne nuclear warheads (TNA) that are carried on the new improved medium-range air-to-ground missiles (in French ASMPA) are now loaded underneath the Rafale aircraft. Each TNA has a yield of 300 kilotonnes.
Specifications:
- thermonuclear weapon
- Yield from 100 to 300 kiloton
- insensitive explosives
References
- ^ "Latest Vintage from Champagne: New Rafale jets now carrying new ASMP-A missiles and new TNA nuclear warheads!" (PDF). 1 July 2001. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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