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Pentagon confirms ‘low-yield’ nuclear weapon on submarine
DefenceTalk.com ^
Posted on 02/04/2020 9:00:48 AM PST by DTAD
The US Defense Department announced Tuesday that it has deployed a submarine carrying a new long-range missile with a relatively small nuclear warhead, saying it is in response to Russian tests of similar weapons.
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:00:48 AM PST
by
DTAD
To: DTAD
JUST LIKE PUTIN WANTED!!!! IMPEEEEEEEACH!!!
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:03:02 AM PST
by
montag813
To: DTAD
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:03:06 AM PST
by
null and void
(The democrats just can't get over the fact that they lost an election they themselves rigged!)
To: DTAD
Isn’t the delivery system the issue, more so than the payload?
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:03:45 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
“Isn’t the delivery system the issue, more so than the payload?”
No.
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:05:24 AM PST
by
TexasGator
(Z1z)
To: null and void
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:05:50 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: null and void
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:06:25 AM PST
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
To: BenLurkin; TexasGator
FedeX vs UPS?..........................
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:08:27 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
To: TexasGator
Blast yield: 5–7 kt (W76-2)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W76
Okay, I know this is a stupid question but why? Granted that is still a “big-bada-bomb” but why go small when right now you could hit them with a bomb 20 times more powerful?
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:13:05 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Red Badger
FedeX vs UPS?..........................
Doesn't matter. It'll arrive tomorrow by 10:00!
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:15:13 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
(The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
To: DTAD
Having achieved the lofty Army rank of SP5 I can't claim any expertise in war planning...or the Navy. But I can imagine that it's a good idea that our subs carry a variety of nukes...big ones,little ones,in between ones.
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:16:02 AM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
To: BenLurkin
To: DTAD
As opposed to the normal “high-yield” version.
Bet the new one is super-duper-sonic. :)
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:18:28 AM PST
by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: DTAD
Good depopulation device. Dust off an old B52. George TANG Bush could pilot. Henry Kissinger co-pilot and Bill Gates at the bomb bay doors.
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:18:35 AM PST
by
PGalt
(Past Peak Civilization?)
To: DTAD
“But critics say that, after decades in which the sheer size of nuclear weapons had been seen as a deterrence to their use, a small nuclear warhead could increase that possibility.”
Critics are assholes. We had tens of thousands of small nukes (in this size range) deployed during the Cold War...never used, just like these. And, of course, that is the reason for deploying them.
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:19:17 AM PST
by
BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:19:52 AM PST
by
trebb
(Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
To: polymuser
No. It’s to annihilate with more precision and minimize death and destruction to the surrounding area. They don’t all need to be city-killers to execute the intended effect.
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:20:28 AM PST
by
Future Snake Eater
(Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
To: BenLurkin
“Granted that is still a “big-bada-bomb” but why go small when right now you could hit them with a bomb 20 times more powerful?”
Even back during the Cold War, our goal was to NOT wipe out their civilization, but rather make sure we could take out hardened targets. As our accuracy became better, we had the luxury to shrink yield sizes, and we did.
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:21:07 AM PST
by
BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
To: BobL
Indeed. Small devices are not new.
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:23:06 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: PGalt
“Dust off an old B52.“
Huh?
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posted on
02/04/2020 9:25:31 AM PST
by
polymuser
(It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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