Mk 105 Hotpoint

The Mark 105 Hotpoint was a airdropped nuclear bomb developed for the United States Navy using the 11 kiloton W34 warhead. It was developed in the 1950s as the first nuclear bomb purposely designed for laydown delivery (bunker buster) but could also be used for airburst or as a depth charge. The laydown mechanism utilized both a retarding parachute to slow its descent, a nose cone that is ejected by a small explosive charge prior to impact, and a reinforced steel "cookie cutter" nose that absorbs the shock of impact with the ground. Detonation occurred via a time delay system which could be adjusted depending on intended use. The bomb was 8 to 12 feet long depending on how it was carried, 19 inches in diameter, and weighed 1700 pounds. The bomb was deployed from 1958-1965. [1] [2]

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References
  1. http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Allbombs.html
  2. The Nuclear Weapons of the United States Navy 1945 – 2013 by Don G. Boyer (Microsoft Word Document), March 2013 pp. 22-23.
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