2020s
2024
armée de terre
bundeswehr
cold war ii
cruise missile
federal republic of germany
france
french fifth republic
glcm
ground launched cruise missile
heer
intermediaterangeballisticmissile
irbm
north atlantic treaty organisation
republic of poland
siły zbrojne rzeczypospolitej polskiej
wojska lądowe
wojsko polskie
1er groupement de missiles stratégiques
armeé de l'air
cold war
commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques
early 1990s
force de dissuasion
forces aériennes stratégiques
france
french fifth republic
icbm
intermediaterangeballisticmissile
late 1980s
nuclear battlefield
sol-sol balistique stratégique
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...
cold war
cruise missile
free fall nuclear bombs
free fall nuclear weapons
great britain
intermediaterangeballisticmissile
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
short rangeballisticmissile
tactical nuke
united states
western europe
The more I read about the nuclear politics of the 60s defence decisions the more I am astonished at the annoying involvement of the Germans. It seems that from joining NATO onwards they either agitated to have their own fingers on the nuclear trigger, or later, as put by Helmut Schmidt, they...
cold war
cruise missile
great britain
intermediaterangeballisticmissile
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
tactical nuke
united states
west germany
western europe
More Than 23,000 Nukes Found in 14 Nations, Report Says
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
There are an estimated 23,360 nuclear weapons stockpiled in 14 nations, with the great majority held by Russia and the United States, two nonproliferation experts said in a report issued this week (see GSN, Oct...
air launched cruise missile
albm
cold war ii
cruise missile
free fall nuclear weapons
icbm
intermediaterangeballisticmissile
irbm
nuclear battlefield
nuclear power
short rangeballisticmissile
slbm
srbm
tactical nuke
During the mid-1950s, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Arleigh Burke sponsored a high-priority program to develop a naval intermediate range ballistic missile.
On November 8, 1955, the Secretary of Defense established a joint Army and Navy intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM)...
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