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2020-02-05 Home Front: WoT

US now arms submarines with ‘low-yield' W76-2 nukes, less powerful than Hiroshima bomb

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Posted by Frank G 2020-02-05 10:54|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Our nukes are a lot more accurate than the Hiroshima one now, and we don't need to take out entire cities. One 5kt nuke in a port and oil storage is enough to cripple that city's strategic worth for a good while.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-02-05 11:54|| 2020-02-05 11:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Or the entrances to an underground Iranian nuke facility

Posted by Frank G 2020-02-05 12:07|| 2020-02-05 12:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Franklin Prime Test, Nevada 1957..4.7 kilos.

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/PbFranklin1.jpg

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Posted by Unosh Hupinelet8756 2020-02-05 12:24|| 2020-02-05 12:24|| Front Page Top

Posted by Frank G 2020-02-05 12:29|| 2020-02-05 12:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Probably wouldn't be used above ground...

Perhaps the warhead is reduced in order to carry a penetrator "nose-cone"

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-02-05 12:36|| 2020-02-05 12:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Due to the stealthy delivery platform, my guess would be a 1:many 'fleet in transit' weapon for carrier groups, et. al.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-05 14:05|| 2020-02-05 14:05|| Front Page Top

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-05 14:10|| 2020-02-05 14:10|| Front Page Top

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