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The Trump administration is considering proposing smaller, more tactical nuclear weapons that would cause less damage than traditional thermonuclear bombs a move that would give military commanders more options but could also make the use of atomic arms more likely.
A high-level panel created by President Donald Trump to evaluate the nuclear arsenal is reviewing various options for adding a more modern "low-yield" bomb, according to sources involved in the review, to further deter Russia, North Korea or other potential nuclear adversaries.
Approval of such weapons whether designed to be delivered by missile, aircraft or special forces would mark a major reversal from the Obama administration, which sought to limit reliance on nuclear arms and prohibited any new weapons or military capabilities. And critics say it would only make the actual use of atomic arms more likely.
"This capability is very warranted," said one government official familiar with the deliberations who was not authorized to speak publicly about the yearlong Nuclear Posture Review, which Trump established by executive order his first week in office.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/09/trump-reviews-mini-nuke-242513
Expecting Rain
(811 posts)Commander in Cheif.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)This only hours after I read about how we are supposed to increase sanctions through the UN? You can't simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)Stupid asshole will make the planet glow before we get rid of him.
eleny
(46,166 posts)He's just too stupid for the planet.
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)....Most Worthless President EVER!!!
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)it was the smallest nuke the US ever built.....
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lpbk2713
(42,738 posts)Our country is in the hands of mad men.
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)God damn things would eliminate LA or Manhattan. These people have gone completely crazy. We wouldn't even know who set it off.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)They're still at the stage where they're trying to make one small enough to fit in a missile.
Remember, Fat Man and Little Boy were several tons each and could barely fit in a B-29. Getting a bomb is different from getting a bomb that is easily usable as a weapon.
I think we used to have nukes we could fire out of 8" field artillery, which is very small indeed. I know we had warheads that fitted into a Tomahawk cruise missile.
This has been a concern for decades, a covert nuclear strike. A strike that hides the aggressor.
I don't see North Korea being able to pull that off for a while.