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    The W49 was an American thermonuclear warhead, used on the Thor, Atlas, Jupiter, and Titan I ballistic missile systems. W49 warheads were manufactured...
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  • The W49 was an American thermonuclear warhead. W49 may also refer to: Nisshin Station (Hokkaido), Japan Rosario Seaplane Base, on Orcas Island, Washington...
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  • Westerhout 49-2 (redirect from W49-2)
    Westerhout 49-2 (W49-2) is a very massive and luminous star in the H II region Westerhout 49. At a mass of 250 solar masses (although with significant...
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    force was only 1/144,000th (0.0007%) that of the Air Force's 1.44-megaton W49 warhead, a nuclear weapon commonly found on American ICBMs from the early...
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    missile (cancelled 1958) W47 for UGM-27 Polaris A-1 and A-2 SLBMs (1960–1974) W49 for PGM-19 Jupiter MRBM (1959–1963) and PGM-17 Thor IRBM (1959–1963) W50...
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  • related weapons that used the common Python primary - W34, W28, W40, and W49. It was used in the B53 nuclear bomb and associated W53 warhead. In a modern...
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    and one of five conducted by the US in space. A Thor rocket carrying a W49 thermonuclear warhead (designed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) and...
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    July 1962, Thor missile 195 launched a Mk4 reentry vehicle containing a W49 thermonuclear warhead to an altitude of 250 miles (400 km). The warhead detonated...
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    " On July 9, 1962, "Starfish Prime" had a 1.4-megaton explosion, using a W49 warhead at an altitude of about 400 kilometers (250 miles). It created a...
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  • re-entry vehicle (RV) with a W49 thermonuclear weapon, combined weight 3,700 lb (1,680 kg) and yield of 1.44 megatons (Mt). The W49 was later placed in a Mk...
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  • Observatory, Boone W46 Foxfire Village Observatory, Foxfire NC Foxfire Village W49 CBA-MM Observatory WV CBA-MM Observatory, Mountain Meadows W50 Apex NC Apex...
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  • 09 16 23 30 W31 – W35 September 06 13 20 27 W36 – W39 October 04 11 18 25 W40 – W43 November 01 08 15 22 29 W44 – W48 December 06 13 20 27 W49 – W52...
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  • or fission core used by the US B28 nuclear bomb, W28 nuclear warhead, and W49 nuclear warhead. The W40 was 18 in (460 mm) in diameter, 32 in (810 mm) long...
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    000 lbf) of thrust. It was armed with the 1.44 megatons of TNT (6.0 PJ) W49 nuclear warhead. The prime contractor was the Chrysler Corporation. The Jupiter...
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    - From 1988 through 1990 model years, the International Series (RPO W45/W49) was the top performance trim available on the Ciera. It featured the 3.8 L...
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    Ordinariates, the Vatican assigned the Ember Days to the first week of Advent (W49). March: between the first and second Sundays in Lent (W07–W11) June: between...
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    500 B28s were produced. The last weapons in use were retired in 1991. The W49 warhead for the Thor, Atlas, Jupiter, and Titan I ballistic missiles was...
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  • Americas S19.9167 W43.9345 2,521,564 852 Brazil Curitiba Americas S25.4290 W49.2671 1,653,461 935 Canada Ottawa Americas N45.25 W075.41 964,743 70 Chile...
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    In astronomy Westerhout 49 also known as W49, is a strong galactic thermal radio source characteristic of an HII region. It was discovered by Gart Westerhout...
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  • Rosario Seaplane Base (IATA: RSJ, FAA LID: W49) is a public-use seaplane base located adjacent to Rosario on Orcas Island in San Juan County, Washington...
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    Johnston Island, Johnston Atoll ~ N/A + space rocket (> 80 km), weapon effect W49 unknown yield [page needed] First try for Starfish; rocket failed at 59 seconds...
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    (also known as SNR G043.3-00.2 or 3C 398) is a nebula in Westerhout 49 (W49). The nebula is a supernova remnant, probably from a type Ib or Ic supernova...
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    S2CID 119257313. Wu, S.-W.; et al. (2014). "The discovery of a very massive star in W49". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 568: L13. arXiv:1407.4804. Bibcode:2014A&A.....
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    the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, 59 of the missiles, with their W49 1.44-megaton-of-TNT (6.0 PJ) thermonuclear warheads, were brought to operational...
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  • the W34 Python primary was used in the US B28 nuclear bomb, W28, W40, and W49, and as a boosted fission warhead without a thermonuclear second stage in...
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  • Seaplane Base 153 Rochester 8W9 R & K Skyranch Airport Rosario / Eastsound W49 RSJ Rosario Seaplane Base 19 Seattle (Lake Union) W55 LKE Kenmore Air Harbor...
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  • Sea Project, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia RSJ Rosario Seaplane Base (FAA: W49) Orcas Island, Washington, United States RSK WASC Abresso Airport Ransiki...
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    possible water and hydroxyl IRASER transitions towards the star-forming regions W49, W3(OH) and SGR B2M". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society....
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  • Wolfgang; Stolte, Andrea (May 2016). "The massive stellar population of W49: A spectroscopic survey". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 589: A16. arXiv:1602...
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  • transition at 88.6 GHz in six different sources: W3 (OH), Orion A, Sgr A(NH3A), W49, W51, DR 21(OH). A secondary molecular isotope, H13C14N, was observed via...
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