Posted on 12/14/2021 8:46:56 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Slow Joe will look at this (low yield) nuke as a “nice way” of making a hard point and drop it on Canada or Sweden when they disagree with him.
Only Democrats drop (consider dropping) atomic or nuclear weapons. Truman, Kennedy, Biteme.
Test a small one on DC.
So this is what Brandon and Swalwell have in mind to use on conservative states?
China’s nuke arms build-up has me worried where they might see Biden as a joke and be tempted to a pre-emptive nuclear strike (or threaten one) the same as what Tojo ordered on Pearl Harbor perceiving weakness and reaping a whirlwind.
The key bit to remember, not mentioned in the article, is that the new bomb turns every single one of our Air Force and Navy fighters into an accurate nuclear delivery platform.
Another capability is the bomb’s ground penetration
https://fas.org/blogs/security/2016/01/b61-12_earth-penetration/
By detonating several meters below the surface, the blast effects are much more able to take out underground bunkers.
It isn’t more likely to be used. Nukes of any size will be viewed the same by the world and by our enemies. If we shot a Davey Crockett from a 106 recoilless rifle, it might as well be the Castle Bravo shot or the Tsar Bomba. Only a DC or Pentagon retard thinks you can use small nukes here and there and it won’t get you the full response.
What would we do if China used a small nuke on a carrier for example?
When you shoot one, it’s nuclear war. So you might as well build them just how they are most useful.
Yup.
You make an excellent point about using a small nuke.
However,
Q: What would we do if China used a small nuke on a carrier for example?
A: Probably nothing at all. The White House would say that we deserved it.
Should used them in the mountains of Afghanistan.
China wouldn’t have cared as it would have made it easier to mine rare earth metals when we were through.
I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair missed up….but 20 million casualties tops! Gen Buck Turgedson.
The demonKKKrats/leftists like the “dial-down” feature.
Leftwing fear porn crap article. Just the same fever-dream rantings of the no-nuke crowd - the same now as in 1980.
It doesn’t help their credibility to show a F-16 without a single bomb attached to the aircraft.
It is odd that people don’t understand the dynamic in what you posted. It is fundamental.
It is odd that people don’t understand the dynamic in what you posted. It is fundamental.
The only ‘accurate’ part of the statement is the addition of a ‘guidance’ package.
ALL US fighters have been rated to deploy the B61 since the 1960s - usually with a ‘toss bomb’ technique. The ‘new bomb’ has nothing to do with that.
If an announcement like this was made a year ago, the MSM: “OMG, he’s building new nukes! We’re all gonna die!” This year: “Boooooring. Now back to Trump’s tax returns!”
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