Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, 59 of the missiles, with their W49 1.44 MtonTNT thermonuclear warheads, were brought to operational readiness. The Thor missile force was disbanded in 1963, and the missiles were returned to the United States, where most were expended in military space shots.

Background

During the early part of the Second World War, Britain had a nuclear weapons

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