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bluedigger

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1. We had backpack nukes in the Sixties.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Dec 31, 2022, 08:35 AM

Dec 2022

They were man portable nuclear devices meant to be deployed in the Fulda Gap, where Russian forces were expected to invade Western Europe. My good friend, a former Special Forces Sergeant Major, told me about being trained to deploy them. It wasn't one of his favorite tasks.

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We had backpack nukes in the Sixties. bluedigger Dec 2022 #1

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