Do we have mini-nukes yet? (a la Starcraft or Starship Troopers)

[PremiumG]

Do we have mini-nukes that we can use in battles at all? I know the environmental drawbacks are there, but just wondering if they ever made such a thing.

 

[dighn]

Starcraft had mini-nukes? 😕

but anyway I believe "suitacase nukes" are realistically possible so I guess they can make them quite small. You probably don't want to be firing a nuke on anything less than a missile anyway 😉

 

[RCN]

Yes

 

[Czar]

no, but the US wants to make them

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Czar
no, but the US wants to make them

Pretty sure the russians built a few, plus the traditional ICBM actually has many nukes in the warhead, so I assume the US stockpile includes some pretty small ones.

 

[ThEFeAR]

Something like this perhaps?

 

[Bootprint]

B61-11

 

[ironcrotch]

Originally posted by: ThEFeAR
Something like this perhaps?

I love the old nuke test stuff, watching the hapless blokes sit in the shockwave of a nuke, getting their hair blown back with their goggles. Cracks me up.

 

[FleshLight]

We do. We have a backpack sized nuke that can be carried on the back of a grunt.

 

[Forsythe]

Originally posted by: FleshLight
We do. We have a backpack sized nuke that can be carried on the back of a grunt.

I severely doubt that.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Forsythe

Originally posted by: FleshLight
We do. We have a backpack sized nuke that can be carried on the back of a grunt.

I severely doubt that.

look at the link....

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: Forsythe

Originally posted by: FleshLight
We do. We have a backpack sized nuke that can be carried on the back of a grunt.

I severely doubt that.

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The W54 would have fit into the Special Atomic Demolition Munition ("Backpack Nuke") casings.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Czar
no, but the US wants to make them

nope, we wanted bombs that could destroy very very deep and hardened bunkers. small bombs have existed for a long time now.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: Czar
no, but the US wants to make them

nope, we wanted bombs that could destroy very very deep and hardened bunkers. small bombs have existed for a long time now.

i agree. small bombs don't do much. i do recall reading that several countries suposdly created nuclear land mines, but this seems a stretch...

 

[kurt454]

The US Army has had Atomic Artillery shells since the 1950's. It was called "Atomic Annie".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_artillery