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3 unusual facts about TATB


Reliable Replacement Warhead

Produce all new weapons using Insensitive High Explosive (see TATB and Plastic bonded explosive) and replace all existing weapons which use other explosives (3.1.2)

TATB

According to David Albright, South Africa's nuclear weapons used TATB to increase their safety.

W91

The design has been described as being named the "New Mexico 1" code name, and as using TATB based insensitive plastic bonded explosive and a fire resistant nuclear fissile material core or pit.


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