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- ↑ Polmar, Norman; Robert S. Norris (2009). The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal:A History of Weapons and Delivery Systems since 1945 (1st ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-5575-0681-8.
- ↑ Chuck Hansen (2007). Swords of Armageddon. Vol. VI. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-9791915-6-5.
- 1 2 Swords of Armageddon Vol VI, p. 175.
- ↑ Swords of Armageddon Vol VI, p. 176.
- ↑ Swords of Armageddon Vol VI, p. 114-115.
- ↑ "Y-12 National Security Complex Completes W69 Dismantlement". National Nuclear Security Administration. 26 February 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- Dismantlement of W69 canned subassemblies (CSAs) has been completed at the Y-12 National Security Complex. The W69 was the warhead for the short-range attack missile (SRAM) and was retired from the U.S. nuclear stockpile in 1992. The last W69 weapon was dismantled in 1999. The Y-12 site originally assembled the W69 CSA in the 1970s and began disassembly in 2012.
- ↑ Swords of Armageddon Vol VI, p. 115.
- ↑ Swords of Armageddon Vol VI, p. 115, 176.
- ↑ Sublette, Carey (12 June 2020). "Complete List of All U.S. Nuclear Weapons". Nuclear weapon archive. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- Hansen, Chuck, "Swords of Armageddon," Sunnyvale, CA, Chucklea Publications, 1995.
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