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To: SeekAndFind

Someone might want to call the Pentagon about this. They are going to be very surprised to hear the W54 is an act of fiction.


6 posted on 10/07/2015 8:49:20 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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They are going to be very surprised to hear the W54 is an act of fiction.

The Soviets had their version of the small atomic demolition munition as well.

16 posted on 10/07/2015 9:12:12 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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"All four variants share the same basic core: a nuclear system which is 10.75 inches diameter (270 mm), about 15.7 inches long (400 mm), and weighs around or slightly over 50 pounds (23 kg)."

"The Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) was a family of man-portable nuclear weapons fielded by the US military in the 1960s, but never used in combat."


18 posted on 10/07/2015 9:28:53 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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Right you are. They got this small:

This one's a 20 ton yield. The "device" version got up to 1 KT. Cute little bugger, ain't it?

20 posted on 10/07/2015 9:31:00 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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