In the late 1950s the US deployed a bewildering range of tactical nuclear weapons in Western Europe.
The US Army had its spectacular 280mm atomic cannon mounted between two trucks. It then had smaller 8" warheads for the M115 howitzer which were made available to the UK and other NATO allies...
atomicmines
cold war
cruise missile
free fall nuclear bombs
free fall nuclear weapons
great britain
intermediate range ballistic missile
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
short range ballistic missile
tactical nuke
united states
western europe
Stickleback Class
Midge XPW
Minnow (X54)
Stickleback (X51)
Shrimp (X52)
Sprat (X53)
Stickleback Class
1954 - 1958
The Stickleback class submarines were midget submarines of the Royal Navy initially ordered as improved versions of the older XE class submarines.
The Royal Navy may have...
1950s
atomicminesatomic sea mine
baltic fleet (ussr)
cold war
great britain
nuclear battlefield
red fleet
royal navy
soviet union
submarine
united kingdom
world war iii
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