Summary of Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead Debate - USNI News

Summary of Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead Debate - USNI News: The following is the Jan. 5, 2021 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, A Low-Yield, Submarine-Launched Nuclear Warhead: Overview of the Expert Debate. From the report The Low-Yield D-5 Warhead The Trump Administration developed a new low-yield version of the W-76 warhead for existing submarine-launched Trident II (D-5) missiles. Unclassified sources state that the existing …