January 28, 2026

W80-5 “just came up,” will go on SLCM-N, weapons directors say

By Sarah Salem

ARLINGTON, VA – The W80-5, a new variant of the W80 warhead family, is on a “more aggressive schedule” to go on the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N), weapons directors said on the final day of Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Deterrence Summit.
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