2018年2月3日 星期六

low-yield nuclear weapons

The Pentagon’s first “nuclear posture review” since 2010, published February 2nd, seeks to expand America’s arsenal of low-yield nuclear weapons


Tactical nuclear weapon - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_nuclear_weapon
The yield of tactical nuclear weapons is generally lower than that of strategic nuclear weapons, but larger ones are still very powerful, and some variable-yield warheads serve in both roles, for example the W89 200 kiloton warhead armed both the tactical Sea Lance anti-submarine rocket propelled depth charge and the ...


low-yield
adjective
  1. producing little; giving a low return.
    "low-yield investment"
    • (of a nuclear weapon) having a relatively low explosive force.
      "a low-yield tactical nuclear weapon"

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