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Inside the Three Russian Nuclear Threats (with Senator Tim Kaine)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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Is There a Difference Between Strategic and Tactical Nuclear Weapons?

There is a misunderstanding in the public discussion about this that tactical nuclear weapons necessarily have very low yield, and strategic weapons very high yield. That's a loto cross over. So you you can find tactical weapons that have a significant yield as well. But if they were used, of course, a yield of ten to 15 kiloton would easily devastate an entire city - that's what we saw in wower too.

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