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The W86 Earth Penetrating Warhead
The Pershing II was a medium-ranged ballistic missile system with a range of 1,750 km, first deployed in 1983 to Western Europe and retired by 1991 due to the signing of the Intermediated-Ranged Nuclear Forces Treaty. It was a two-stage missile and the only US weapon to be deployed with a manoeuvrable reentry vehicle (MaRV).…