W48_155-millimeter_nuclear_shell.jpg
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English:
US Govt scientists with a full-scale cut-away model of the W48 155-millimeter
nuclear artillery shell'
, a very small tactical nuclear weapon with an explosive yield equivalent to 72 tons of TNT (0.072 kiloton). Around a thousand of these shells were produced during the Cold War.
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| Date | ca. 1960 |
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| Author | US-Department of Energy |
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