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To: Cage Rattler who wrote (9664)	3/20/2009 11:46:33 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

No problem! (But, what's with the "again"? Isn't this the first time you've asked, Rattler?) Three types of ERW were built by the United States.[4] The W66 warhead, for the anti-ICBM Sprint missile system, was produced and deployed in the mid 1970s and retired soon thereafter, along with the missile system. The W70 Mod 3 warhead was developed for the short-range, tactical Lance missile, and the W79 Mod 0 was developed for artillery shells. The latter two types were retired by President George H. W. Bush in 1992, following the end of the Cold War.[5][6] The last W70 Mod 3 warhead was dismantled in 1996[7], and the last (W79 Mod 0) was dismantled by 2003, when the dismantling of all W79 variants was completed.[8].... Technical overview An ERW is a fission-fusion thermonuclear weapon in which the burst of neutrons generated by a fusion reaction is intentionally allowed to escape the weapon, rather than being absorbed by its other components. The weapon's X-ray mirrors and shell are made of chromium or nickel so that the neutrons can escape. Contrast this with cobalt bombs, also known as salted bombs.... en.wikipedia.org