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The AN-22 was France’s second air-dropped nuclear weapon developed as a replacement for the earlier AN-11 bomb entering service in 1967. It had a similar 60 to 70 kilotons yield fission warhead to the earlier AN-11 but with enhanced safety features and a parachute retarder to enable it to be dropped at low level. Additionally the casing was redesigned reducing its weight from approximately 1400 kg (3000 lb) to around 700 kg (1500 lb). It was carried by the Dassault Mirage IV.