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[Poetic.Injustice]

The Trump administration is considering proposing smaller, more tactical nuclear weapons that would cause less damage than traditional thermonuclear bombs — a move that would give military commanders more options but could also make the use of atomic arms more likely.

A high-level panel created by President Donald Trump to evaluate the nuclear arsenal is reviewing various options for adding a more modern "low-yield" bomb, according to sources involved in the review, to further deter Russia, North Korea or other potential nuclear adversaries.

The idea of introducing a smaller-scale warhead to serve a more limited purpose than an all-out nuclear Armageddon is not new — and the U.S. government still retains some Cold War-era weapons that fit the category, including several that that can be "dialed down" to a smaller blast.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/09/trump-reviews-mini-nuke-242513


Fatman me if old.

 

[avaya]

jesus fucking christ

 

[Jencks]

Oh. Well fuck.

 

[Bitch Pudding]

So, basically a snuke?

 

[Htown]

something something emails whatever

is there any criteria by which Trump is not the worst president in modern memory?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

figure out a way to make them mobile while you are at it.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

 

[Stinkles]

something something emails whatever

hawk hawk

 

[Acorn]

Nk- we have one nuke
USA - we have thousands but need thousands more because an enemy has 1

 

[Frozenprince]

But the pivot

 

[Lmo911]

figure out a way to make them mobile while you are at it.

Some kind of bipedal tank would be ideal...

 

[GetLucky]

I mean, the military is constantly researching and developing new weaponry. It's not good, but it is what it is.

 

[neshcom]

Jesus! We already have a ton of nuclear arms wasting away. No more nuclear weaponry!

 

[Muffin1611]

Even his nukes are small

Spoiler

Jfc stop this madness

 

[Gurgelhals]

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

So he wants that Nuclear Bunker Buster from Mercs2?

 

[How About No]

No

Fuck

STOP

 

[Nokterian]

This whole administration needs to stop right now, getting in territory that threatens the world..fucking terrifying reading this shit.

 

[Xando]

So basically the nukes they wanted to use to nuke germany with in the cold war incase soviets invaded?

 

[DrFurbs]

They have a small nuke.. It's called the MOAB (With out the nasty 250k half life)

 

[Heroman]

That's really dumb.

 

[UberTag]

"Why won't you let me fire a nuke? We just have them stockpiled for no reason? It would be tremendous."
"No sir, I'm afraid we can't."
"Awww... it's not fair."

<pouts>

"What if we made them smaller? Smaller than my ginormous hands? Would you let me fire one then?"
"...."
"Also, I want you to name them after me."

 

[Forerunner]

figure out a way to make them mobile while you are at it.

We already did it back in the 50s.

 

[Alchemy]

Oh no we're living in the Fallout timeline

 

[Shredderi]

Used to demolish some military bases or to slaughter innocent civilians by the thousands?

 

[kevin1025]

But the pivot

"People really fucking hate me... A mini nuke will make them think otherwise!"

 

[Sanjuro]

Can it fit in a can of Beer Nuts?

 

[Jackpot]

Wait, they want to build a more usable nuke?

 

[Empty]

he really wants to drop a nuke doesn't he

this bomb we dropped is one of the biggest ever. it's HUGE. it's nuclear. cowardly obama said no, i said YES.

 

[Wanda/Wander]

 

[Brock Reiher]

What does this accomplish? You still nuked somebody and if you don't want massive destruction you could use other bombs.

 

[kmax]

How about no strikes - no war - no death and destruction?

I'm pretty sure no one wants that, so why even entertain the idea. Stop talking nukes and start leading by example.

 

[ChrisInCali]

"We just want to cause a little bit of a lot of death."

 

[zeemumu]

 

[Alpha Centauri]

 

[VendettaRed07]

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

 

[Geist-]

Trump, this is a move that will make people hate you more. Do the opposite.

 

[Xando]

What does this accomplish? You still nuked somebody and if you don't want massive destruction you could use other bombs.

The line of thinking used during the cold war was they'd use tactical nukes to stop soviet tank divisions before they can reach the rhine. US generals were hoping a "small" tactical nuke wouldn't instantly trigger apocalypse

 

[Herr Schwarz]

It'll be a mini nuke designed with MOAB purposes. I think they're trying to account for the honeycomb mountains that are in North Korea and how to possibly destroy them with minimal amount of fallout.

 

[jerry113]

can we just not

 

[parrotbeak]

I really love this new pivoted cooperating with Dems Trump.

 

[Guy Legend]

So we use a mini nuke on a country, then they hit us back with the real thing. Smart.

 

[Jarmel]

So a suitcase nuke. This isn't a new thing.

 

[davepoobond]

This isn't really new. They have to upgrade the nuke arsenal because its aging. It's unsafe to keep it all in the old tech for so long so they have to update the infrastructure etc


That's what I heard on some NPR thing last year I think

 

[Moose Biscuits]

We already did it back in the 50s.

DAVEEEEEEE

DAVY CROCKETT!

KING OF THE WILD FRONTIEEEEEEER

C'mon guys and gals, sing it with me!

 

[Jonnax]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)

The M-28 or M-29 Davy Crockett Weapon System was the tactical nuclear recoilless gun (smoothbore) for firing the M-388 nuclear projectile that was deployed by the United States during the Cold War. It was one of the smallest nuclear weapon systems ever built, with a yield between 10 and 20 tons TNT equivalent (40–80 Gigajoules).

Some of the horror of the past we had.

 

[Kayhan]

So, basically a snuke?

Snuggle nuke?

 

[Vic_Viper]

This is exactly what is was thinking when I read the Op lol.

 

[Empty]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)



Some of the horror of the past we had.

i always assumed the davy crockett, especially with the name, was a fictional weapon invented for mgs3 lol