The W76-2 low-yield nuclear warhead was reportedly deployed with the Ohio-class USS Tennessee ballistic missile submarine to the Atlantic Ocean from Kings Bay, Georgia, late last month.
featuring quotes by Kristensen on how the recent introduction of the W76-2 was the result of Pentagon planning a potential first strike scenario against adversaries, especially Iran.
The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Tennessee arrives at the Trident Refit Facility dry dock berthing at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, for a planned maintenance period, August 13, 2019. The submarine is one of five capable of being fitted with up to 20 Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles and is believed to have been deployed late last year carrying the new low-yield W76-2 nuclear warhead.
This weapon, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, also known as"Mother of All Bombs" or"MOAB," produces a blast barely surpassing a .01 yield. President Donald Trump, who has championed the recent reforms to the U.S. nuclear arsenal, dropped the MOAB for the first time on a reported Islamist State militant group complex in Afghanistan in April 2017.
"The United States' new 'low-yield' nuclear warheads are still powerful enough to kill many tens of thousands of people," he tweeted Wednesday.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Sexual assault numbers spike at military academiesThe number of sexual assaults at the three military service academies spiked by 32% over last year, according to the Pentagon's latest report on sexual harassment.
Read more »
Following review of attack that killed 3 Americans, Pentagon finds 'potential vulnerabilities' at bases in AfricaA military review of security for U.S. forces deployed to Africa has found “potential vulnerabilities” in multiple locations, the head of U.S. Africa Command told reporters Thursday.
Read more »
Reports of sexual assault rose 27% at military service academies in 2018-19 school yearSexual assaults at the US military's elite service academies rose sharply last year, according to a new Pentagon report. It shows a 27% rise in unwanted sexual contacts — from 117 reports the previous year to 149 in 2018-2019.
Read more »
Women's pay lags as they often work for free, says new report“Women and girls, who spend billions of hours cooking, cleaning, and caring for children and the elderly are the backbone of our global economy, yet benefit the least from it.'
Read more »
Exclusive: While everyone focuses on Iran, the U.S. military is preparing for war with RussiaIs the Cold War Back? Ninety-three separate military exercises last year weren't held in the Mideast and weren't directed at Tehran. They were directed against Moscow.
Read more »
U.S. invests in a new weapon to defeat hypersonic missiles as Russia upgrades its arsenalThe Pentagon awarded Northrop Grumman $13 million to build a glider that could take out weapons flying more than five times the speed of sound as Russia's Panstir surface-to-air system got a hypersonic missile.
Read more »