Uploaded January 2016 | Updated September 2026, 4 minutes ago
Mark 53, the United States' highest-yield operationally-deployed thermonuclear weapon, filmed at the US National Atomic Museum at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque NM USA in 2013. Yield: 9 Megatonnes. Weight: 4 tonnes. Units produced: 340 B53 packages were built. Deployed: 1962-1997. This is one of the four remaining weapons casings on display. The B53 physics package (2.6 tonnes) is the basis for the W-53 warhead used on the 54 Titan-II ICBMs. The weapon was to be used as a heavy bunker-buster.
Mark 53, the United States' highest-yield operationally-deployed thermonuclear weapon, filmed at the US National Atomic Museum at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque NM USA in 2013. Yield: 9 Megatonnes. Weight: 4 tonnes. Units produced: 340 B53 packages were built. Deployed: 1962-1997. This is one of the four remaining weapons casings on display. The B53 physics package (2.6 tonnes) is the basis for the W-53 warhead used on the 54 Titan-II ICBMs. The weapon was to be used as a heavy bunker-buster.
