Anybody Remember the Neutron Bomb?

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Maybe I'm the only one who thinks that this is the weapon that will be the next used in the Ukraine.

And.........why have our trusted Media not yet even mentioned the neutron bomb?

The Neutron Bomb | Air & Space Forces Magazine

By numerous accounts, Israel and China have tested and possess neutron bombs. The strangest case, however, is that of Russia. According to a CIA report in 2000, released with extensive redactions in 2005, the Russians inherited from the defunct Soviet Union a subkiloton nuclear warhead enhanced for tailored radiation output and minimal ecological consequences.

This weapon, with a yield of about a third of a kiloton, was the result of tests €o-conducted in the early 1980s to simulate the effects of a US neutron bomb. The Russians no longer had the overwhelming conventional force advantage that the Soviets did. Their vulnerability was now akin to that of NATO in the 1970s.

The Soviets “would be interested in low-yield warheads because of fears that a future conflict could be waged on Russian soil, the CIA said. Russia's new warheads would inflict less collateral damage.

That sounds much like the capabilities and purposes of the weapon once decried by the Soviet Union as the capitalist bomb, built to kill people and preserve property.

John T. Correll was editor in chief of Air Force Magazine for 18 years and is now a contributor.
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Yes, I was an Air Force Historian in the ANG for close to 20 years and had to study such stuff as a part of my training.

Maybe nobody else has even noticed the absence of the weapon from the Media that is currently ignoring it.
 
I don't recall the source, but one article I read the day he made the "annexation" statement mentioned "low yield nuclear weapons" and that was the first thing that came to mind. You can't expect the media to engage substantive discussion of Putin's potential for atrocities on a day in which a celebrity changes its pronouns and POTUS talks to the dead. There are only so many 30-second sound bite slots available. Priorities, man, priorities.
 
The U.S developed the neutron bomb for use against Soviet tanks. A minimal blast radius, with a tremedous pulse of radiation, destroying living tissue, in short order, while leaving equiptment and infrastructure intact. It was condemed by the progressives as inhumane. Looks like the Russians and other adversaries picked up on it, to use against us.
 
Well, "low yield" simply means small.

And the smallest they mention is about ten kiloton.

That has nothing to do with the neutron bomb, which is always much smaller and has little to no wind borne radiation (and Putin's major worry is wind borne radiation since the prevailing winds are toward Russia).

To me, the failure to mention the neutron bomb is intentional and part of the propaganda that we get every day.

Lying by omission.
 
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The serious discussion is that the so-called Neutron Bomb is highly effective when used as an area denial weapon. Which makes it ideal for use in places like Ukraine where limiting the mobility of opposition forces is an attractive strategy. Which makes Putin likely to use it to protect his own forces if his back is against the wall.
 
DWalt said:
The serious discussion is that the so-called Neutron Bomb is highly effective when used as an area denial weapon. Which makes it ideal for use in places like Ukraine where limiting the mobility of opposition forces is an attractive strategy. Which makes Putin likely to use it to protect his own forces if his back is against the wall.
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Thanks.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Also, it destroys far less infrastructure which leaves less rebuilding for Russia when they take over.
 
Rustyt1953 said:
Every Russia/Ukraine thread has ended badly...I predict the same.
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That's because some people aren't content simply to discuss the weapons and tactics being used, and the daily progress the Ukrainians are making as they take back their country; they want to steer the discussion into a debate or argument over politics, or they want to promote Russia's position.

We had a thread on this war going for about six months, with thousands of posts, and it was a model of civility...until somebody hopped onto it and baited some of us (and I admit to being one of them) into an argument. I thought then, and still do, that his whole purpose was to get the thread shut down...and unfortunately, he succeeded.
 
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We had a thread on this war going for about six months, with thousands of posts, and it was a model of civility...until somebody hopped onto it and baited some of us (and I admit to being one of them) into an argument. I thought then, and still do, that his whole purpose was to get the thread shut down...and unfortunately, he succeeded.
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We've already seen several off the wall comments on this thread.

I hope the Mods just give them a little vacation if they persist in trying to destroy it.

Makes no sense to punish the rest of us for the sins of a few dogs in the manger.
 
Staying on topic the performance of the Russian soldiers and new conscripts lack of training makes me wonder if they can operate in a area that has been nuke. I guess denying the area to the enemy is the same as a victory.
 
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