https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/25-years-us-special-forces-carried-miniature-nukes-their-backs-180949700/
To fill in the gap in military options between a full nuclear assault and engaging in a lopsided war, says Foreign Policy, U.S. special forces started packing miniature nuclear bombs, devices

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suitcase_nuclear_device
H-912 transport container for Mk-54 SADM. A suitcase nuclear device (also suitcase nuke, suitcase bomb, backpack nuke, snuke, mini-nuke, and pocket nuke) is a tactical nuclear weapon that is portable enough that it could use a suitcase as its delivery method.. Both the United States and the Soviet Union developed nuclear weapons small enough to be portable in specially-designed backpacks

https://www.businessinsider.com/9-facts-about-the-uss-backpack-nukes-2014-2?op=1
4. ADMs were eventually reduced to being backpack sized. The backpack nuke, the B-54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) - entered into the US arsenal in 1964. The weapon was only 18 inches

https://coffeeordie.com/special-forces-backpack-nukes
Each nuke fit in a backpack, and the mission was one-way. For much of the Cold War, elite US commandos were ready to attack Soviet targets behind enemy lines with backpack-sized nuclear bombs. Specially trained volunteers served in clandestine roles for nearly 25 years in the standoff of the United States and its NATO allies versus the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries.

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1082124528/ukraine-russia-putin-invasion
Thousands of nuclear arms had been left on Ukrainian soil by Moscow after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. But in the years that followed, Ukraine made the decision to completely

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/will-biden-putin-goes-nuclear-experts-say-nuclear-response-unlikely-no-rcna32756
If Russia decided to use one, its options could include an attack on an airbase or other military target, an attack on a Ukrainian city or a test of a nuclear weapon at a remote site — a warning

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/science/ukraine-nuclear-weapons.html
In May 1996, Ukraine saw the last of its nuclear arms transported back to Russia. The repatriations had taken a half decade. The repatriations had taken a half decade.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/backpack-nukes.html
North Korean soliers with backpack nukes. Photo: Uwe Brodrecht / CC-BY-SA 2.0. These small sized nukes were initially intended to be used by the United States Army ground personnel in a battle and in theory to create havoc on a small scale, after being fired from a bazooka-like firing mechanism.

https://www.vox.com/2022/10/5/23387707/russia-ukraine-nuclear-weapons-tactical-us-nato
Even small nuclear weapons are best for blowing up big things — carrier strike groups, ... If the US backs him into a corner psychologically, he may fail to see that he can back away physically.

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1082172618/why-ukraine-gave-up-its-nukes
Thousands of nuclear arms had been stationed on its soil by Moscow, and they were still there. In the years that followed, Ukraine made the decision to denuclearize completely. In exchange, it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUFfZdRYUhw
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https://preventnuclearwar.org/
Our Solutions. Back from the Brink is a US-based grassroots coalition of individuals, organizations and elected officials working together toward a world free of nuclear weapons and advocating for common sense nuclear weapons policies to secure a safer, more just future. We call on the United States to lead a global effort to prevent nuclear

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a25893776/b-54-cold-war-backpack-nuke/
Soviet tanks on maneuvers, 1982. The SADM was a 59-pound weapon enclosed in an aluminum and fiberglass casing. The weapon could be carried via a special backpack harness, towed across a snowy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT2zNLYdZuw
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/us/politics/us-nuclear-russia-china.html
China's expansion and Russia's threats of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine and in space have changed a U.S. drive to reduce nuclear weapons. By Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger Reporting

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/1cpzp0i/back_to_fucking_back_nukes/
BACK TO FUCKING BACK NUKES. just casually playing the turm III and did ts, if you're wondering, yes the game after the second one was 2 death leave without doing anything (snail giveth snail taketh away) That's kinda what the TURM 3 does. It's ridiculous how good that thing is, especially when you have the gepard for backup.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/science/space-nuclear-bomb-putin.html
If he stationed an atom bomb in orbit, it would violate two bedrock treaties of the nuclear age — signed in 1963 and 1967 — and signal a major escalation. On Feb. 20, Mr. Putin denied that he

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/opinion/letters/2022/10/08/letters-u-s-should-give-ukraine-their-nukes-back-if-hesitant-help/8199810001/
Letters: If U.S. hesitant to support Ukraine, give them their nukes back. As the Soviet Union dissolved, the specter of nuclear weapons proliferation among rogue actors was a real problem, with

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/18c6i3z/backtoback_nukes_i_dont_think_ill_ever_be_able_to/
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https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39431/how-long-after-a-global-nuclear-disaster-would-the-world-become-habitable-by-hum
The climatic effects of the use of nuclear weapons depend on the amount of smoke they would generate, and this depends on the targets. Nuclear targeting plans call for not only cities to be targeted, but also industrial facilities such as oil refineries and wells. ... (though of course there were warmer areas where farming would have been

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/30/1178919266/trump-abandoned-the-nuclear-deal-5-years-ago-could-the-u-s-stop-a-bomb-from-iran
KELLY: It was then-President Trump who, five years ago this month, yanked the U.S. out of the nuclear deal known as the JCPOA, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. What followed is the U.S

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ex-trump-adviser-urges-him-to-cut-ties-with-china-if-he-makes-it-back-to-the-white-house/ar-BB1orjmO
O'Brien went on to discuss how the United States should strengthen its nuclear assets by testing new nuclear weapons, and resuming the production of uranium-235 and plutonium-239 "if China and

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/06/americas/cuba-russian-ships-submarine-visit-intl-latam/index.html
A group of Russian naval ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will visit Cuba next week as part of "historically friendly relations," Cuba's government said Thursday.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-23092-0_5
The way to back such behaviour, and protect a disputed or menaced sovereignty, is to arm oneself with nuclear weapons. This would maintain and increase a state of flux in global governance (GG), beyond dominating and conditioning other transformations and processes—most importantly that of capitalism itself or its oft-predicted demise. If the

https://www.commondreams.org/news/nuclear-weapons-spending
The abyss is beckoning and it is time for the great powers to step back and reflect. Preferably together." ... Growing nuclear weapons spending has been a major boon for military contractors such as Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin. According to ICAN, "nuclear-armed countries have ongoing contracts with companies to produce nuclear

https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2024/06/18/three-reports-put-nuke-plans-back-at-the-centre
ICAN says that the spending on the nuclear weapons increased by $10,8 billion in 2023 over the previous year. And the United States accounted for 80 per cent of the increase. ... The West has been reluctant to fall back on nuclear energy even as Germany had decided to decommission all its reactors more than 20 years ago.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/baker-urges-colorado-court-back-refusal-make-gender-transition-cake-2024-06-18/
A Christian baker who six years ago won a narrow U.S. Supreme Court victory in a case involving his refusal to make a wedding cake for a gay couple urged Colorado's top court on Tuesday to

https://apnews.com/article/uk-election-labour-starmer-nuclear-defense-7d8c7cdcd66b3ce4b7de67c6731a2431
LONDON (AP) — Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage stepped back into front-line British politics on Monday, announcing he will take the helm of the right-wing party Reform U.K. and run for Parliament in the July 4 election.. Farage said he'll run in the seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea in his eighth attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons.