TN 90

TN 90
Type	Nuclear weapon
Place of origin	France
Production history
Designed	1983-1990
Produced	1990-1992
Number built	30
Specifications
Blast yield	variable up to 80 kt (330 TJ)

The TN 90 was a variable yield thermonuclear warhead developed by France for the Hadès tactical missile, designed to replace the AN 51/Pluton system. Development began in 1983, and production in 1990. However, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, production was halted after only 30 of an intended 180 warheads were built, and they were immediately put into storage. The Hadès missiles, and their TN-90 warheads, were retired, along with all French land-based missiles, in 1996.^[1] By the end of 2000 the TN 90's were at CEA Valduc waiting to be disassembled.^[2]

References

↑ "France's Nuclear Weapons - Development of the French Arsenal". The Nuclear Weapon Archive. 2005. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
↑ "France's Nuclear Weapons - The Current French Arsenal". The Nuclear Weapon Archive. 2005. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

French nuclear armament

Strategic missiles	missile M1 missile M2 missile M20 missile S1 missile S2 missile S3 missile M4 missile M45 missile M5 missile M51

Pre-strategic missiles	Pluton Hadès ASMP

Nuclear warheads	AN-11 bomb AN-22 bomb AN-52 bomb MR 31 MR 41 MR 50 CTC AN 51 CTC AN 52 CTC TN 60 TN 61 TN 70 TN 71 TN 75 TN 76 TN 80 TN 81 TN 90 TNA TNO

Related subjects	French nuclear deterrence FAS FOST France and weapons of mass destruction

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