TNA (Airborne nuclear warhead)

{{Short description|French thermonuclear bomb warhead}}

The French Tête nucléaire aéroportée - Airborne nuclear warhead (TNA) is a thermonuclear warhead carried by the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée Amélioré (ASMPA) medium-range air-to-surface missile, a component of the Force de dissuasion French nuclear deterrent. The warhead was introduced in 2010. 54 warheads had been produced replacing former TN 81 warhead carried by former Air-sol moyenne portée (ASMP) medium-range air-to-surface missile.

Deployment: 54 warheads carried by the ASMP-A equipping the Dassault Rafale B with the French Air Force and Dassault Rafale M of Naval Aviation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.acdn.net/spip/IMG/article_PDF/Latest-Vintage-from-Champagne-New_a636.pdf|title=Latest Vintage from Champagne: New Rafale jets now carrying new ASMP-A missiles and new TNA nuclear warheads!|date=1 July 2001|access-date=24 January 2016}} The airborne nuclear warheads (TNA) that are carried on the new improved medium-range air-to-ground missiles (in French ASMPA) are now loaded underneath the Rafale aircraft. Each TNA has a yield of 300 kilotonnes.

Specifications:

• thermonuclear weapon
• Yield from 100 to 300 kiloton
• insensitive explosives