President Biden has warned of ‘Armageddon’ should any one world power use nuclear devices
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un oversees a missile launch at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated picture released on October 10 2022. Picture: KCNA/REUTERS
Tactical nuclear weapons are often characterised by their size, their range or their use for limited military targets. The term is often used to describe weapons with a lower “yield”, or the amount of power released during an explosion. Tactical weapons are often mounted on as missiles, airdropped bombs or even artillery shells that have a relatively short range, far less than the huge intercontinental ballistic missiles designed to travel thousands of kilometres and strike targets across oceans.Many of the world’s nuclear powers have weapons that are considered low-yield or meant to be used on the battlefield.
Russia has 1,000 to 2,000 warheads for non-strategic nuclear weapons in its arsenal, the CRS report says.
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