TNA (Airborne nuclear warhead)

The French Tête nucléaire aéroportée (TNA) or Airborne nuclear warhead is a thermonuclear warhead carried by the Air-sol moyenne portée amélioré (ASMP-A) medium-range air-to-surface missile, a component of the Force de dissuasion French nuclear deterrent. The warhead was introduced in 2010. 54 warheads had been produced replacing former 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 ASMP-A) are now loaded underneath the Rafale aircraft. Each TNA has a yield of 300 kilotonnes.

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References

  1. ^ "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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