tactical nuclear weapon
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A tactical nuclear weapon (TNW) or non-strategic nuclear weapon (NSNW) is a nuclear weapon that is designed to be used on a battlefield in military situations, mostly with friendly forces in proximity and perhaps even on contested friendly territory. Generally smaller in explosive power, they are defined in contrast to strategic nuclear weapons, which are designed mostly to be targeted at the enemy interior far away from the war front against military bases, cities, towns, arms industries, and other hardened or larger-area targets to damage the enemy's ability to wage war. No tactical nuclear weapons have ever been used in combat.
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TNW; non-strategic nuclear weapon; tactical nuclear bomb; tactical nuke
8U69, B57, B61, Blue Peacock, Davy Crockett Weapon System, Mark 5 nuclear bomb, nuclear artillery, nuclear weapon, suitcase nuke, Violet Club, W82, WE.177, weapon type,
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8U69 ⓘ
type of atomic bomb -

B57 ⓘ
nuclear unguided aerial bomb -

B61 ⓘ
unguided aerial bomb with a thermonuclear warhead -

Davy Crockett Weapon System ⓘ
nuclear-armed recoilless gun of American origin -

suitcase nuke ⓘ
type of nuke -

W82 ⓘ
low-yield tactical nuclear warhead -
WE.177 ⓘ
military designation of a former range of tactical and strategic nuclear bombs -

nuclear artillery ⓘ
class of artillery using munitions with nuclear warheads
- Enhanced-Radiation Weapons / Fred M. Kaplan. - (1978) - scientific article published in May 1978, Q1860
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| class | weapon | 8U69 | tactical nuclear weapon | Wikidata | |
| class | weapon | B57 | tactical nuclear weapon, aerial bomb, unguided bomb | Wikidata | |
| class | weapon | B61 | unguided bomb, tactical nuclear weapon, thermonuclear weapon | Wikidata | |
| class | weapon | Davy Crockett Weapon System | recoilless rifle, tactical nuclear weapon | Wikidata | |
| class | weapon | suitcase nuke | tactical nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon | Wikidata | |
| class | weapon | W82 | tactical nuclear weapon | Wikidata | |
| class | weapon | WE.177 | strategic nuclear weapon, tactical nuclear weapon | Wikidata | |
| class | weapon | 1952 | nuclear artillery | tactical nuclear weapon, artillery | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Hardtack II Socorro test | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Four soldiers carrying the T4 Atomic Demolition Munition | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Tactical nuclear air-to-air rocket Douglas AIR-2A Genie | Commons | ||


