US to loosen nuclear weapons constraints and develop more 'usable' warheads

[Anon-C]

2. I think there's some misdirection at foot here.

Equipping SLBMs with just their "fission primary" warheads doesn't make much sense tactically or strategically, imho. They are low-yield but "dirty" and unnecessarily fall-out producing...essentially "a-bombs" like Fat Man.


I suspect the US has deployable (loll...autocorrect wanted to say deplorable) "pure fusion" warheads ...thermonuclear weapons that don't require a fission primary. These weapons could in theory be made to low-yield, and would be much "cleaner&quot pardon my euphemism) and less fallout producing.

These are the kinds of nukes they would want to have to contemplate a greater range of options for their use, tragically.