Tactical Nuclear Weapons: The Debates within NATO
What are Tactical Nuclear Weapons?
Lance missile
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MADM warhead (1-15 kt) W54 SADM (.02-1kt, 163 lbs.)
Atomic Demolition Munitions
Short-Range Aircraft
A-7 Corsair II
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Background: the 1950s
Should NATO rely on tactical nuclear weapons to offset the Warsaw PactÕs conventional superiority?
Should NATO rely on tactical nuclear weapons to offset the Warsaw PactÕs conventional superiority?
Background: the 1960s-1970s
Issues in the late 1970s-1980s
ERW: the ÒNeutron BombÓ
ERW: the ÒNeutron BombÓ
Modernization of NATO INF
The ÒWinnable WarÓ
The Post-Cold War Era
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