B53

The Mk/B53 was a high-yield bunker buster thermonuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War. Deployed on Strategic Air Command bombers, the B53, with a yield of 9 megatons, was the most powerful weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal after the last B41 nuclear bombs were retired in 1976.

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1962 — 1997  Wikimedia, Wikidata
W53
340 produced, 
unguided bomb, aerial bomb, nuclear weapon, United States Atomic Energy Commission, United States 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, 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, guided bomb, Henschel Hs 294, HOPE/HOSBO, KAB-500L, Mark 8 nuclear bomb, nuclear weapon, Reliable Replacement Warhead, SC1000 bomb, Tsetse primary, W19, W39, 

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B53 bomb rear

AtomicTestingMuseumB53nuclearbomb

B53-1 nuclear bomb drop from B-52

AtomicTestingMuseumB53nuclearbomb

B53 bomb

Inspection of B53 nuclear bomb 2006

Mk-53 Thermonuclear Bomb, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

B-53 nuclear bomb 2010

B53 at Pantex

W53

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		B53 bomb rear		Commons
commons	image		AtomicTestingMuseumB53nuclearbomb		Commons
commons	image		B53-1 nuclear bomb drop from B-52		Commons
commons	image		AtomicTestingMuseumB53nuclearbomb		Commons
commons	image		B53 bomb		Commons
commons	image		Inspection of B53 nuclear bomb 2006		Commons
commons	image		Mk-53 Thermonuclear Bomb, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History		Commons
commons	image		B-53 nuclear bomb 2010		Commons
commons	image		B53 at Pantex		Commons
commons	image		W53		Commons