TN 61

For the state highway in Tennessee, see Tennessee State Route 61.

TN 61
Type	Nuclear weapon
Place of origin	France
Service history
In service	1977-1991
Specifications
Blast yield	1-1.2 megatons

The TN 61 was a French thermonuclear warhead with a 1 to 1.2 megaton yield. It was a lighter version of the TN 60 which it replaced.

The TN 61 was in service from 1977 and 1991. It armed the M20 SLBM carried by the Redoutable-class SSBNs and the S3 IRBM.

References

• Norris, Robert, Burrows, Andrew, Fieldhouse, Richard "Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume V, British, French and Chinese Nuclear Weapons, San Francisco, Westview Press, 1994, ISBN   0-8133-1612-X