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[[Image:Mk-101 Lulu NDB.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Mk-101 Lulu NDB (Nuclear Depth Bomb).]]
The '''Mark 101 Lulu''' was an air-dropped [[nuclear depth bomb]] (NDB) developed by the [[United States]] in the 1950s. It utilized a [[W34]] [[nuclear warhead]], with a yield of 11 [[kiloton]]s. It was deployed by the [[United States Navy]] for the purposes of [[anti-submarine warfare]], in five different models, from 1958 until 1971. Weapons were also stockpiled at overseas allied bases under [[U.S. Marine Corps]] guard for use by maritime aircraft of [[NATO]] allies, notably at [[RAF St. Mawgan]], [[Cornwall]], UK, for use by [[Royal Air Force]] [[Avro Shackleton]] aircraft, and [[Dutch Navy]] [[P-2 Neptune]] and [[P-3 Orion]] aircraft. The Mk-101 Lulu was replaced by the multi-purpose [[B57 nuclear bomb|B-57]] NDB in the mid-1960s. The B-57 was a nuclear depth bomb that could also be used by tactical strike aircraft in a land warfare role. The Mk-101 Lulu had a length of 7 ft 6 in, diameter of 1 ft 6 in, and weighed 1,200 lbs.
The [[W34]] boosted fission warhead used in the Mk-101 Lulu was also used in several other similar weapons, and a version referred to as 'Peter' was used as a thermonuclear primary in the British [[Yellow Sun]] and as 'Python' in the U.S. [[B28 nuclear bomb]].
==References==
*James N. Gibson, ''Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History'' (Schiffer Publishing, 1996): Chapter 12, "Nuclear Anti-Submarine Weapons".
*http://www.mcis.soton.ac.uk/Site_Files/pdf/nuclear_history/glossary.pdf
[[Category:Cold War anti-submarine weapons of the United States]]
[[Category:American Cold War nuclear bombs]]