W39_dummy_warhead_being_loaded_onto_Snark.jpg


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English: A dummy W39 nuclear warhead being loaded into a SNARK missile at the Northrop factory in Hawthorne, California.
Date ca. 1958
Source Hansen, Chuck (1995) The Swords of Armageddon: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Development since 1945 , Chukelea Publications
Author US Air Force photo

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A dummy W39 nuclear warhead being loaded into a SNARK missile.

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