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Weight 4,655 kilograms (10,263 lb)
Length 10.5 metres (34.4 ft)
Diameter 1.02 metres (3.3 ft)
Blast yield W50 nuclear warhead
60 kilotons of TNT (0.25 PJ)
200 kilotons of TNT (0.84 PJ)
400 kilotons of TNT (1.7 PJ)

Engine First stage: Thiokol TX TX-174
115 kN (25,900 lbf) 38.3 s
Second stage: Thiokol TX-175
85 kN (19,100 lbf) 39 s
Operational
range 740 kilometres (460 mi)
Boost time 77.3 seconds
Speed Mach 8
Guidance
system Eclipse-Pioneer ST-120 inertial guidance
Steering
system Jet vanes, air vanes
Accuracy 400 metres (1,310 ft) circular error probable
Launch
platform M474 transporter erector launcher


Pershing II



Weight 7,490 kilograms (16,513 lb)
Length 10.6 metres (34.8 ft)
Diameter 1.02 metres (3.3 ft)
Blast yield W85 nuclear warhead: 5 kilotons of TNT (21 TJ) to 80 kilotons of TNT (330 TJ)
W86 earth penetrator (canceled)
Engine Hercules, two-stage, solid propellant
Operational
range 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)
Speed Mach 8+
Guidance
system Singer Kearfott Inertial and
Goodyear Aerospace active radar
Steering
system vector control system (steerable nozzle), air fins
Accuracy 30 metres (100 ft) circular error probable (restrictions apply)
Launch
platform M1003 erector launcher
Transport M1001 MAN tractor in Germany
M983 HEMTT in the U.S.