Could Russia-Ukraine Go Nuclear? (Robert Wright & Joe Cirincione)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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The Yield of Tactical Nuclear Weapons
We had very large what we calld tactical nuclear weapons, meaning we would employ them on the battle field. The yield can change. It could be a small weapon, it could be a large weapon. We developed all these anti tank weapons, basically artillery, short range rockets, land mines. After the war, swep pact, colla, after 19 91, we got rid of all those. But we kept some around. Some of the tactical weapons we had had the same exact warhead as we had on our i c b ms and submarine launch missiles. And the russians had the same.
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