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    The W78 is an American thermonuclear warhead with an estimated yield of 335–350 kilotonnes of TNT (1,400–1,460 TJ), deployed on the LGM-30G Minuteman...
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  • The W78 is an American thermonuclear warhead. W78 may also refer to: Bakkai Station, in Hokkaido, Japan Cubohemioctahedron Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant...
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    and an accuracy of about 800 ft (240 m). In December 1979 the higher-yield W78 warhead (335–350 kilotons) began replacing a number of the W62s deployed...
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    1976. Used on some Minuteman III ICBMs, it was partially replaced by the W78 starting in December 1979, and fully replaced by W87 warheads removed from...
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    canceled in January 1992. In 2019, the W87 mod 1 was selected to replace the W78 warhead deployed on all Minuteman III missiles not currently carrying the...
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    single reentry vehicle system. The smaller power of the warheads used (W62, W78 and W87) was offset by increasing the accuracy of the system, allowing it...
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  • (stylized as FOGBANK) is a code name given to a secret material used in the W76, W78 and W88 nuclear warheads that are part of the United States nuclear arsenal...
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    1970) W76 for UGM-96 Trident I and UGM-133 Trident II SLBMs (1978–present) W78 for LGM-30 Minuteman III ICBM (1979–present) W80 for AGM-86, AGM-129, BGM-109...
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    The Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103) is a large supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cygnus, an emission nebula measuring nearly...
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  • Rio Hurtad W77 Skyledge Observatory CT Skyledge Observatory, Killingworth W78 Clay Telescope MA Clay Telescope, Harvard University W79 Cerro Tololo-LCO...
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