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U.S. Reviewing Possible W-76 Nuclear Warhead Flaw
U.S. nuclear weapons experts reportedly met in March at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to discuss a possible flaw in the W-76 nuclear warhead, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, June 4). News of the meeting was first reported yesterday in the Albuquerque Journal, according to AP. While the possible effect of the flaw is classified, it might result in the warhead exploding with less than its intended yield, AP reported. National Nuclear Security Administration deputy chief Everet Beckner said that a review of the W-76 warhead was initiated at the March meeting, but that review has yet to be completed. The United States has 2,300 W76 warheads in its arsenal, more than any other nuclear weapons, AP reported. The warheads are deployed on U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missiles. The flaw would have “national security implications for the United States” if found to be real, Beckner wrote in a letter last fall (Associated Press, July 9).
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