W80 warhead
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The W80 warhead is a U.S. thermonuclear warhead designed for use on cruise missiles, notably deployed on systems like the Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) and Tomahawk.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| W80 warhead canonical | 2 |
| W80-0 | 1 |
| W80-4 | 1 |
| W80-4 Life Extension Program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5782504 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W80 warhead Context triple: [Nuclear Weapons Life Extension Programs, appliesTo, W80 warhead]
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A.
W87 warhead
The W87 warhead is an American MIRV-capable thermonuclear warhead originally designed for the LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile and later adapted for use on Minuteman III ICBMs.
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B.
W76 thermonuclear warhead
The W76 thermonuclear warhead is a U.S. Navy submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead designed for strategic nuclear deterrence, featuring a compact design and variable-yield capabilities.
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C.
W47 warhead
The W47 warhead was a compact American thermonuclear warhead designed primarily for deployment on Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missiles during the Cold War.
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D.
W78 warhead
The W78 warhead is an American MIRV-capable thermonuclear warhead designed for deployment on intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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E.
B61 nuclear bomb
The B61 nuclear bomb is a U.S. thermonuclear gravity bomb that has served as a key component of NATO and U.S. strategic and tactical nuclear arsenals since the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W80 warhead Target entity description: The W80 warhead is a U.S. thermonuclear warhead designed for use on cruise missiles, notably deployed on systems like the Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) and Tomahawk.
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A.
W87 warhead
The W87 warhead is an American MIRV-capable thermonuclear warhead originally designed for the LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile and later adapted for use on Minuteman III ICBMs.
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B.
W76 thermonuclear warhead
The W76 thermonuclear warhead is a U.S. Navy submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead designed for strategic nuclear deterrence, featuring a compact design and variable-yield capabilities.
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C.
W47 warhead
The W47 warhead was a compact American thermonuclear warhead designed primarily for deployment on Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missiles during the Cold War.
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D.
W78 warhead
The W78 warhead is an American MIRV-capable thermonuclear warhead designed for deployment on intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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E.
B61 nuclear bomb
The B61 nuclear bomb is a U.S. thermonuclear gravity bomb that has served as a key component of NATO and U.S. strategic and tactical nuclear arsenals since the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | thermonuclear warhead ⓘ |
| armsControlStatus | some variants retired under post–Cold War reductions ⓘ |
| associatedBomberForce | U.S. strategic bomber fleet ⓘ |
| associatedNavalForce |
U.S. attack submarines (for TLAM-N)
ⓘ
U.S. surface combatants (for TLAM-N) ⓘ |
| associatedProgram |
AGM-86B ALCM
ⓘ
linked to:
AGM-86 ALCM
BGM-109A Tomahawk Land Attack Missile – Nuclear (TLAM-N) ⓘ
linked to:
Tomahawk cruise missile
Long-Range Stand Off weapon (LRSO) ⓘ |
| classification | highly classified technical details ⓘ |
| compatibleBomber |
B-52H Stratofortress
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| deliveryMethod |
air-launched
ⓘ
sea-launched ⓘ |
| deploymentEra | Reagan administration ⓘ |
| deploymentPlatform | cruise missile ⓘ |
| designedDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
| designedFor |
AGM-86 ALCM
ⓘ
BGM-109 Tomahawk ⓘ
linked to:
Tomahawk cruise missile
air-launched cruise missile ⓘ sea-launched cruise missile ⓘ |
| designer |
Los Alamos National Laboratory
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Alamos Laboratory
|
| designLineage | derivative of earlier U.S. thermonuclear designs ⓘ |
| developmentStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| enteredService | early 1980s ⓘ |
| family | U.S. strategic nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| governingAgency | National Nuclear Security Administration ⓘ |
| guidanceDependency | relies on host cruise missile guidance ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
W80-0
ⓘ
linked to:
W80 warhead
W80-1 ⓘ W80-4 ⓘ
linked to:
W80 warhead
|
| lifeExtensionGoal | support LRSO deployment into mid-21st century ⓘ |
| modernizationProgram |
W80-4 Life Extension Program
ⓘ
linked to:
W80 warhead
|
| nuclearWeaponType | two-stage thermonuclear ⓘ |
| role |
strategic deterrence
ⓘ
theater nuclear strike ⓘ |
| safetyFeature | enhanced nuclear safety mechanisms ⓘ |
| status |
in service
ⓘ
partially retired ⓘ |
| storageType | deployed and stockpiled configurations ⓘ |
| treatyImpact | affected by U.S.-Russia arms control agreements ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| warheadClass |
strategic warhead
ⓘ
tactical warhead ⓘ |
| yieldCategory | sub-megaton ⓘ |
| yieldType | variable yield ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: W80 warhead Description of subject: The W80 warhead is a U.S. thermonuclear warhead designed for use on cruise missiles, notably deployed on systems like the Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) and Tomahawk.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: W80 warhead