The Convair XB-53 was a proposed jet-powered medium bomber aircraft, designed by Convair for the United States Army Air Forces. [1] With a radical tailless, forward-swept wing design, the …

Deployed on Strategic Air Command bombers, the B53, with a yield of 9 megatons, was the most powerful weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal after the last B41 nuclear bombs were retired in …

An enduring symbol of the Cold War, the B53 was one of the longest-lived nuclear weapons fielded by the United States, and it remained a key element of nuclear deterrence until retired …

1997年4月3日 · The B-53 (Mk-53) Bomb High yield strategic thermonuclear bomb. Last updated 3 April 1997 . The Mk/B-53 is the oldest and highest yield nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal. It …

2011年10月26日 · The B53 hydrogen bomb was first produced in 1962 as the Mk 53 and was designed to be carried internally by B-47, B-52, B-58, and B-70 aircraft. The weapon was …

B53 or B-53 may refer to : B53 nuclear bomb; HLA-B53, an HLA-B serotype; Convair XB-53, an American aircraft

The Mk/B53 was a high-yield bunker buster thermonuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War. Deployed on Strategic Air Command bombers, the B53, with a …

With a blast yield of nine megatons, the B53 was one of the most powerful nuclear bombs ever built. Its shockwaves were so powerful that they could reportedly kill people sheltering in …

I photographed these Mk. 83 (later B53) Thermonuclear Bomb examples at Robins AFB and the Flying Heritage Collection. These were carried internally by the B-47 Stratojet, B-52 …

Almost as big as a minivan and weighing over four tons, the B53 was America's largest conventionally dropped nuclear bomb. The mammoth B53 had a yield of 9 megatons—enough …