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MASS (Military Archive Scoring System) 15
* Absolute score — assessed within category · no era adjustment
Yield
30
Yield-to-Weight Efficiency
25
Deliverability
20
Safety
15
Reliability
10
Miniaturization
5
Survivability
5
Variable-Yield Flexibility
0
Strategic Impact
10
Technology
5
Methodology ↗ → Nuclear Warheads ranking
Origin United States
ManufacturerLos Alamos National Laboratory
CategoryNuclear Warheads
Operators1 countries
⬇ Overview
⚙ Specs
⊕ History
⊕ Operators
⚖ MASS Score
📚 Sources
Data Quality81%
MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)
⊟ Nuclear Warheadsranking ↗methodology ↗
15
Nuclear Warheads MASS Rating
51/51
All-Time
Nuclear Warheads · 10 axes scored
Yield
30
Yield-to-Weight Efficiency
25
Deliverability
20
Safety
15
Reliability
10
Miniaturization
5
Survivability
5
Variable-Yield Flexibility
0
Strategic Impact
10
Technology
5
ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the nuclear warheads category.
01 / Overview
Shrimp
Category
Nuclear Warheads
Country
United States
Prime contractor
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Operators
1 countries
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
NUCLEAR WARHEADS
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PERFORMANCE/PRICE
5
UNIT COST (2025 USD)
—
MASS SCORE ↗
15
nuclear warheads category
ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the nuclear warheads category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎General2MOD.2
  • Warhead Typestaged thermonuclear
  • In ServiceNo
◈Yield3MOD.3
▣Delivery1MOD.1
◇Production2MOD.2
  • Designer / LabEdward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam
  • First Test1952
03 / History
04 / Operators
Operator Countries1country
United StatesRETIRED
05 / MASS Score
NUCLEAR WARHEADS RANKING Nuclear Warheads
#49 RU RDS-1 25 #50 GB Blue Danube 23 #51 US Shrimp (this weapon) 15
MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
51NUCLEAR WARHEADS2853UNITED STATES · ALL WEAPONS51PERFORMANCE/PRICE · NUCLEAR WARHEADS
ⓘ Rankings are within theNuclear Warheadscategory.
📖 TERMS ON THIS PAGE2terms
Boosted Fission
Thermonuclear
Relating to nuclear weapons that derive destructive power from both fission and fusion reactions, typically used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Nuclear Warheads United States Los Alamos National Laboratory
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