W73

The W73 was an American nuclear warhead for the AGM-53 Condor air to surface missile.

The W73 was cancelled in 1970 in favor of a purely conventional warhead for the Condor. None were produced.

The Condor was approved for production in 1975 but then cancelled in early 1976.

Specifications for the W73 are poorly publicly documented. The Condor missile was 17 inches in diameter and had a 268 kilogram conventional warhead alternative to the W73 nuclear warhead.

The W73 was reportedly a design derivative or variant of the B61 nuclear bomb.

References

AGM-53 Condor at globalsecurity.org
Allbombs.html list of all US nuclear warheads at nuclearweaponarchive.org

United States nuclear devices

Fission

World War II bombs	Gadget Little Boy Thin Man Fat Man

Post-war bombs	Mark III Mark 4 Mark 5 Mark 6 Mark 7 Mark 8 Mark 10 Mark 11 Mark 12 Mark 13 Mark 18 Mark 20

Primaries	Swan Python Robin Tsetse Kinglet

Post-war warheads	W4 W5 W7 W8 W9 W12 W13 W19 W23 W25 W44 W45 W48 W54 W70 W72 W74 W79 W82

Atomic demolition munitions (mines)	T-4 SADM TADM MADM

Boosted
fission

Warheads	W30 W31 W33 W34 W40

Thermonuclear

Bombs	Mark 14 Mark 15 TX-16 Mark 17 Mark 21 TX-22 Mark 24 Mark 26 Mark 27 B28 Mark 36 Mark 39 B41 B43 TX-46 B53 B57 B61 B77 B83 B90

Depth bombs	Mark 90 Mk 101 B57

Warheads	W15 W27 W28 TX-29 XW-35 W38 W39 W47 W49 W50 W52 W53 W55 W56 W58 W59 W62 W67 W68 W69 W71 W73 W76 W78 W80 W81 W84 W85 W86 W87 W88 W89 W91 RRW

Enhanced radiation warheads	W66 W70 Mod 3 W79 Mod 0 W82 Mod 0

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W73

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