"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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @01:35PM
As to why we avoid assassinations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I#Sarajevo_assassination [wikipedia.org]
Yes, they seem like a clean way to do things, but that is why they are so troublesome.