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W70 is the designation for a tactical nuclear warhead developed by the United States in the early 1970s. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory designed W70 was used on the MGM-52 Lance. About 1250 were built in total. The warhead had a variable yield of between 1 and 100 kilotons selectable by the user. The design dates from 1973.The W70-3 was a modified version of the W70 and one of the first warheads to be battlefield-ready with an enhanced radiation (i.e. neutron bomb) feature.