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Re:Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab by JonnieCache on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:22AM (#6513763)
The US now has a notion of "tactical" nuclear weapons.

Some reading:

http://www.fas.org/_docs/Non_Strategic_Nuclear_Weapons.pdf

God help us all.

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Re:Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab by ewoodrich on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:30AM (#6513784)
That's been around since 1953 (less than a decade after the first atomic detonation in '45). [1]

And we've maintained a limited number of low-yield warheads that would fall under that designation. [2] (as an example)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_artillery

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb

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