Author: FM Liew
Date: 06-10-12 11:12
Beyond that all three nations have a vested interest in enforcing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty which all three nations ratified. I know many of your cohorts want every wacko on the block to have their own suticase nuke, but that just shows their lack of ....hmmm, brains?
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I remember USA wanted use nuclear artillery during Korean and Vietnam civil war....the programme eventually got miscarriage..due high radiation posed to the handler......today may be different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6gy_krPau8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT5jo7aZzTw
http://www.armscontrol.org/node/2173
Excerpt:
United States developments resulted in nuclear weapons for various artillery systems, after the short-lived M65 Atomic Cannon standard howitzers were used. Delivery systems include, in approximate order of development:
MGR-1 Honest John free flight rocket delivering W7 nuclear weapon, 1953
M65 Atomic Cannon delivering 280mm W9 and W19 nuclear shells, 1953
MGM-5 Corporal missile delivering W7 nuclear weapon, 1955
M110 howitzer delivering 203mm W33 nuclear shell, deployed in 1957
MGM-18 Lacrosse missile with nuclear warhead. It was deployed in West Germany from 1959 to 1963.
M109 self-propelled and M114 towed howitzers delivering 155mm W48 nuclear weapon starting in 1963
MGM-29 Sergeant missile delivering W52 nuclear weapon, 1963
MGM-31 Pershing missile delivering W50 nuclear weapon, 1969
MGM-52 Lance missile delivering W70 nuclear weapon, 1972
Pershing II missile delivering W85 nuclear weapon, 1983
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