AN-22

The AN-22 was France's second air-dropped nuclear weapon, developed as a replacement for the earlier AN-11 bomb, entering service in 1967. It had a similar 60 to 70 kilotons yield fission warhead to the earlier AN-11, but with enhanced safety features and a parachute retarder to enable it to be dropped at low level. Additionally the casing was redesigned reducing its weight from approximately 1,400 kg (3,000 lb) to around 700 kg (1,500 lb). One bomb could be mounted in the bomb layer of the fuselage of Mirage IVA, which was mainly produced in the early stages.

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1967 — 1988  Wikidata
40 produced, 
nuclear weapon, aerial bomb, French Air Force, 
10 kg bomb, 100 kg bomb, 112 lb bomb, 12.5 kg bomb, 20 kg bomb, 25 kg bomb, 250 kg bomb, 250 pound bomb, 30 kg bomb, 50 kg bomb, 500 kg bomb, 75 kg bomb, AN-52, B77 nuclear bomb, Blohm & Voss BV 143, Blohm & Voss BV 246, BLU-82B/C-130, BOLT-117, CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition, FAB-3000, GBU-12 Paveway II, GBU-16 Paveway II, GBU-28, Henschel Hs 294, HOPE/HOSBO, KAB-500L, Mark 8 nuclear bomb, nuclear weapon, Reliable Replacement Warhead, SC1000 bomb, Tsetse primary, W19, 

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