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On 9 Feb 2018 09:41:37 GMT, ma...@mail.com wrote:

>On 2018-02-09, Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com writes:
>>
>>> On Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 11:53:16 AM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>
>>>> Military spending increased annually through the first half of the Obama
>>>> administration, and declined _very slightly_ over the
>>>> next four as the wars wound-down.   Hardly "gutting".  You really need
>>>> to stop listening to Rush Limbaugh (or his local radio proxies).
>>>> https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/defense_spending_analysis
>>>
>>> Thanks for posting that.
>>>
>>> Over the last few days, Republicans in congress have been shedding
>>> crocodile tears over the so-called 'destruction' of the U.S. military.
>>> Sure seems to me, that with all their ships, planes, and rockets,
>>> that we're in pretty good shape.
>>>
>>> It's been often said that we have enough nuclear weapons to blow
>>> the world up many times over.  So why do we need more of them, 
>>> as proposed by the current administration?  Are we gonna 
>>> detonate an H-bomb over ISIS?
>>
>> Trump proposes new small tactical nukes.
>> What do you think?
>>
>
>No source, but I remember that the US developed a nuclear cannon
>shell. The problem was that the gun  could not reach a distance that
>was outside outside the nuclear danger area of the explosion. 

Common misconception.

There were several such developed.  The  W9 was developed to be used
with the purpose-made M65 cannon with a range of 20 miles.  It was a
15 kiloton weapon with an effective blast radius less than a mile.  It
was succeded by the W19 with similar specifications.

The W23 was a repackaged W19 for use in 16 inch naval rifles with 20
mile range.

The W33 was for the 8 inch howitzer with 10 mile range.  It was
configurable as a 1 kt or 40 kt explosive.  A 40kt nuclear weapon has
a blast radius of about 2 miles.

The W79 was also for the 8-inch and was a subkiloton weapon with blast
radius around half a mile.

The W48 was for the 155.  It was a subkiloton weapon with a blast
radius around half a mile.  The range of the 155 is 14 miles.

>Then
>there was the nuclear device that could be carried by one man.
>
>I was driven around the Washington Beltway once by a relative who
>lived near there. My, those shiny offices.
>
>Catch-22 was not that far out.