Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Sandia sounding rocket test yields data for W93 warhead development

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Sandia National Laboratories has completed a sounding rocket flight test designed to provide real-world reentry data that will inform development of nonnuclear components for the Navy’s W93 nuclear warhead.
The Atrax test, conducted at Sandia’s Kauai Test Facility,…

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