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Differentiate and compare the strategic weapons with tactical weapons?
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- Strategic weapons are large and long range. They are used for striking strategic targets far behind the front lines.
- Tactical weapons are small and short range. They are used for striking just behind and on the front lines. Frequently used in close combat conditions where friendly troops may have to occupy the area shortly after the attack to hold it.
This applies to both conventional and nuclear weapons.
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What is the difference between a tactial nuclear bomb and a regular nuclear bomb?
You're talking tactical and strategic weapons. Tactical would be used in the battlefield in the form of smaller rockets or freefall bombs under military situations. Strategic weapons would usually be a higher yield and are made to threaten a country's population, infrastructure and military; or to cripple the country's ability to wage war. ICBMs are tactical nuclear weapons. The B61 bomb is a tactical weapon though it does serve a dual role as a strategic weapon.
How does it make you feel to know that most of the nuclear weapons in the Soviet and US arsenals remain ready for use even in the post-Cold War era?
Actually this is false most of the Cold War era nuclear weapons have been destroyed.At the peak of the Cold War the U.S. had about 10,000 strategic and 20,000 tactical nuclear weapons and the USSR had about 10,000 strategic and 30,000 tactical nuclear weapons.Following the signing of START both sides agreed to destroy all tactical nuclear weapons and reduce strategic nuclear weapons slowly over a period of time.At this time both the U.S. and Russia have about 3,500 strategic nuclear weapons each and no tactical nuclear weapons (although some people say that Russia secretly maintains about 1,000 tactical nuclear weapons).So, from a peak of about 70,000 nuclear weapons during the Cold War to about 7,000 nuclear weapons now, only about 10% of the weapons then available still remain ready for use.
What caused the arms race after World War 2?
Project 'Manhattan' or to simply say, Nuclear Bombs and the US "Red Scare" in the early 1950s. from then on every country wanted nuclear weapons, And the First to acquire was the US, then Russia, then the United Kingdom, then France, then China, then India, then Pakistan, then North Korea. It is believed that Israel also has them, but they refuse to either confirm or deny. At the peak of the cold war arms race both the US and Russia had more than 10,000 strategic nuclear weapons and roughly 50,000 tactical nuclear weapons each, no other country in the world has ever had more than a few hundred total strategic and tactical nuclear weapons. As of 2014 both the US and Russia have reduced their stockpiles to about 3000 strategic nuclear weapons and zero tactical nuclear weapons (however the US maintains the parts from the dismantled 7000 strategic nuclear weapons and in an emergency could still reassemble them in a few months time into usable weapons, Russia likely has similar ability).
How did people feel about the discovery of nuclear weapons in Cuba?
Actually no nuclear weapons were discovered in Cuba by the US in 1962, only ongoing construction work on missile launch facilities and some strategic missiles (without warheads). The concern was to prevent the USSR from transporting the warheads and the rest of the missiles.The thing that was not discovered was that there were low yield tactical nuclear weapons already on Cuba that would have been used to repel any invasion. When the USSR agreed to remove the strategic missiles they also secretly removed these tactical nuclear weapons that the US had never been aware of.
What is wttp?
Weapons and Tactical Training Programme
What are some of the weapons being used by the US in the mountains of Afghanistan?
tactical nuclear weapons
Does Britain have nuclear weapons?
Yes. Both strategic & tactical nuclear weapons. Great Britain has been a nuclear power since the end of the Second World War. The US & Britain cooperated in the secret nuclear program during WW2 that created the first atomic bombs.
What has the author John T Cappello written?
John T. Cappello has written: 'Tactical nuclear weapons' -- subject(s): Deterrence (Strategy), Military policy, Nuclear arms control, Nuclear weapons, Tactical nuclear weapons
What are the release dates for On Court with USPTA - 2003 Tactical Weapons for Tennis 5-2?
On Court with USPTA - 2003 Tactical Weapons for Tennis 5-2 was released on: USA: 2008
How many atomic bombs were made in the US in all?
A total of more than 70,000 nuclear weapons of various types were made, many of these were recycled to make newer models.At the peak of the cold war the US nuclear stockpile had 10,000 high yield strategic nuclear weapons and 40,000 medium and low yield tactical nuclear weapons.
What is the strength of modern nuclear weapons?
Lets just say that the most powerfull nuke can annialate London 3 times over (most possibly). This is the Russian Tsar bomb, the 'father of all bambs'. A fireball 8 miles wide. Now that's big. But that is strategic nuclear weapons. Tactican nuclear weapons are a lot less powerfull. But still enougth to annialate a large army. For most of the Western powers (France, UK, USA), a typical strategic nuclear weapon is around 1/3 MT (350-380 kT), while tactical weapons generally are in the double-digit kiloTons (15-75kT, mostly). Those of Russian and Chinese make are typically a bit bigger for strategic weapons (about 1MT or so), mostly due to lower levels of accuracy of the weapon. The tactical weapons are about the same size as Western powers. India and Pakistan both deploy atomic weapons in both strategic and tactical roles, but the characteristics of both are not well know. It is thought that they use 100-200kT weapons in the strategic role, and 10-50kT weapons in the tactical role. The most typical measure of destruction of a nuclear weapon is the range at which it can produce a 5 psi overpressure wave. A 1 MT weapon detonated at the optimal height to maximize the 5 psi blast wave zone would have a 5 psi damage radius of about 3.2 miles. A 50 kT weapon would optimally have about a 1.2 mile radius 5 psi blast zone. Note that the power of a nuclear explosion goes up with the cube root of the yield. Thus, to make a bomb twice as powerful, you need to have 8 time the yield. Thus, a 1 MT bomb has a blast radius of about 10 times that of a 1 kT weapon.
Who called for the reduction of strategic long range nuclear weapons?
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
