| Warhead |
Yield |
Date |
Data |
| MR 31 |
120kt |
1970-80 |
Un-boosted plutonium warhead for the S2 medium-range ballistic missile. Weight 700kg, tested 11/09/1966 |
| MR 41 |
500kt |
1972-79 |
Boosted fission HEU warhead used on the M1 and M2 SLBMs, replaced by TN 60 thermonuclear warhead. Tested 12/06/1971 |
| MR 50 |
>25kt |
1972-93 |
Variable yield plutonium fission implosion warhead. Two versions: AN 51 warhead - Pluton missile, AN 52 gravity bomb |
| TN 60 |
1Mt |
1977 |
Thermonuclear missile warhead for the M20 SLBM. Hardened to penetrate the Russian anti-ballistic missile defences. Tested 24/08/1968 |
| TN 61 |
1.2Mt |
1977-91 |
Thermonuclear warhead which armed the M20 SLBM carried by the Redoutable-class SSBNs and the S3 IRBM |
| TN 70 |
150kt |
1984-96 |
MIRV thermonuclear warhead which armed the M4-B SLBM on the Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines |
| TN 71 |
150kt |
1985-96 |
MIRV thermonuclear warhead which armed the M4-B SLBM on the Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines |
| TN 75 |
150kt |
1987-91 |
MIRV thermonuclear warhead used on M45 and M51 SLBM, carried by the Redoutable, Inflexible and Triomphant class submarines |
| TN 80 |
300kt |
1985-91 |
Warhead of the ASMP air-to-surface missile carried by the Dassault Mirage IVP bomber. Hardened against nuclear defense missiles |
| TN 81 |
300kt |
1988-91 |
Thermonuclear warhead carried by the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée (ASMP) medium-range air-to-surface missile |
| TN 90 |
>80kt |
1990-96 |
Variable-yield tactical thermonuclear (or boosted fission) warhead for the Hadès short-range ballistic missile |
| TNA |
>300kt |
2010 > |
Tête nucléaire aéroportée (Airborne nuclear warhead) variable yeild thermonuclear warhead carried on air-to-ground missiles or Rafale aircraft. |
| TNO |
~150kt |
2016 > |
Tête nucléaire océanique (Oceanic Nuclear Warhead) MIRV thermonuclear warhead equiping the M51 SLBM |