The WE.177, originally styled as WE 177, [1][2] and sometimes simply as WE177, [3][4] was a series of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons with which the Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) were equipped. It was the primary air-dropped nuclear weapon in the United Kingdom from the late 1960s into the 1990s.

The purpose here is to chart the main features in the history of one of the United Kingdom’s air delivered nuclear weapons, the WE 177 from its conception to entry into service with the RAF and Royal Navy, as a contribution to wider transparency …

WE.177 was the designation of a range of tactical and strategic nuclear bombs used by the British Armed Forces. There were three versions; WE.177A was a boosted fission weapon, while WE.177B and WE.177C were thermonuclear weapons.

1998年，火神式轟炸機與自由落體原子彈 WE. 177 一同退役，僅保留海基打擊能力，以維持最低限度的核威懾。 美國、俄羅斯、中國為目前世界上擁有完整性核子武器三位一體打擊能力的國家。

2023年12月25日 · 立即生效，所有WE177炸弹都已停止使用，所有炸弹（175枚WE 177 A和B炸弹 - 当量为200和400 kt）在8月底之前被拆除。 这只剩下一个核武器系统在服役——三叉戟潜艇。

The WE 177 was a family of British parachute-retarded or free fall nuclear weapons with three distinct versions—A, B, or C. The "A" version was a boosted fission weapon, while the "B" and "C" versions were thermonuclear weapons. The WE 177 was developed to provide a tactical, low-level delivery capability to the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.

2002年4月30日 · The WE 177 free-fall bomb was Britain's last air-delivered nuclear weapon. With its retirement in March 1998, the UK no longer had any aircraft carried nuclear capability. This bomb was produced in three versions - the relatively high yield strategic A and B versions (200-400 kt), and the lower yield tactical C version (approx. 10 kt).

The weapon was designated WE177 and the ‘B’ variant came into service with the RAF in 1966. The smaller ‘A’ variant entered service with the Royal Navy in 1969 and finally the ‘C’ variant for the RAF in 1970. The ‘A’ variant had a fission warhead with …

2019年3月20日 · The purpose here is to chart the main features in the history of one of the United Kingdom’s air delivered nuclear weapons, the WE 177 from its conception to entry into service with the RAF and Royal Navy, as a contribution to wider transparency and confidence building on nuclear weapons related matters.

2024年2月20日 · Replacing the earlier generation of much heavier nuclear air-launched bombs, Hunting Engineering at Luton developed and built in the early sixties a suitable nuclear weapon that could be launched by relatively small aircraft instead of with the much larger V-bombers.