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Matador

Is this the same thing as the Matador missile? •→Iñgólemo ←• 17:44, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC)

No, it's not. The MGM-1 Matador, as it was designated after 1962, was originally developed under the bomber designation B-61 (later TM-61), but it was an entirely different item. The Matador was a pilotless cruise missile with a 50-kiloton W-5 nuclear warhead. The B61 bomb (originally Mk 61) is a free-fall nuclear gravity bomb.

-- ArgentLA 19 Nov 2004

1967?

The very first sentence of the article is as follows:

The B61 nuclear bomb is the primary thermonuclear gravity bomb in the United States Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War, in 1967.

Is this a timeline in which the Cold War ended (one way or the other) in 1967, or is this in need of some revision?

Jack Vermicelli 2601:407:4100:1AE4:2C23:BEBB:97E5:B6B3 (talk) 03:26, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's a strange recent addition. Not sure what the editor was thinking as they fiddled with the tense everywhere too. I've undone it. Kylesenior (talk) 04:42, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]