Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons

Abstract

During the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union both deployed thousands of nonstrategic nuclear weapons that were intended to be used in support of troops in the field during a conflict. These included nuclear mines; artillery; short, medium, and long-range ballistic missiles; cruise missiles; and gravity bombs. In contrast with the longer-range strategic nuclear weapons, these weapons had a lower profile in policy debates and arms control negotiations. At the end of the 1980s, before the demise of the Soviet Union, each nation still had thousands of these weapons deployed with their troops in the field, aboard naval vessels, and on aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 02, 2006
Accession Number
ADA453635

Entities

People

  • Amy F. Woolf

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • International Security
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Strategic Security Studies