"The Pentagon has completed initial draft plans for several emerging low-yield sea-launched nuclear weapons intended to deter potential attackers and add new precision strike options to those currently possible with the existing arsenal.
While final requirements for both a low-yield sea-launched nuclear cruise missile and long-range sub-launched low-yield warhead are still in development, Pentagon officials tell Warrior Maven the process has taken several substantial new steps forward."
A Trident missile with a low-yield warhead "would offer a yet-to-exist long-range low-yield sea launched weapon. The existing Trident II D5 has a massive 100-kiloton yield, bringing massive destructive power to large swaths of territories – entire cities and well beyond."
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday June 06 2018, @05:49PM (1 child)
Given this country's inability to keep a secret, I suspect there is a LOT less in said back pocket than you think.
We've been caught flat footed with weapons designed for the last war so many times its become sort of a joke.
(The only upside if this is that we are usually fighting opponents even further behind or more entrenched).
In short, you would have heard something about it by now, especially over the leak-a-minute Obama years
And other than a sneaky mini-spaceshuttle (X-37B) there's not much even rumored about.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 06 2018, @07:59PM
There's this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(aircraft) [wikipedia.org]
While the details are certainly nonsense, something was out there at Mach 5.