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The U.S. has begun deploying a new type of low-yield nuclear warhead aboard some ballistic missile submarines, according to a report by an independent monitor.
As per a post by the Federation of American Scientists, when the USS Tennessee, an Ohio-class submarine, went on patrol in the final weeks of 2019, it carried "one or two" of the new weapons.
The new warhead is designated as W76-2.
As per some reports, USS Tennessee – which left port in Georgia at the end of 2019 is the first submarine to go on patrol armed with the W76-2 warhead. The Ohio class sub is thought to be currently patrolling the Atlantic Ocean.
Hans Kristensen, director of the group's nuclear information project stated,
"It is apparently still out there now and expected to come back sometime in February." He believes a second submarine carrying the weapon may also be patrolling in the Pacific.
The Pentagon officially declined to comment on the report: "It is U.S. policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence or absence of nuclear weapons at any general or specific location, as such, we cannot confirm or deny this reporting at this time," it said in a written statement to NPR.
The warheads were produced by the Department of Energy over the past year. An Energy Department spokesperson confirmed to NPR in November that they had been transferred to the U.S. Navy.
In this video Defense Updates analyzes deployment of tactical nuclear warhead W76-2 in Trident II SLBM carried by Ohio class submarine.
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