Jumat, 03 Februari 2017

Cold War Armageddon’s Dubious Arsenal

Marc G. DeSantis discusses some of the strangest and most controversial nuclear weapons programs of the 20th century. M28/M29 Davy Crockett These man-portable recoilless rifles were designed to launch the 51-pound W54 atomic warhead, the smallest ever fielded by the United States, against targets at ranges up to two and half miles. The explosive power …

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