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Description Image of a W45 Medium Atomic Demolition Munition (nuclear landmine) produced by the United States from 1965 to 1986. The W45/MADM was a tactical nuclear weapon with a destructive yield ranging from 1-15 kilotons. The entire unit weighed less than 400 lbs. The coder-decoder unit is at left. The W45 was the successor of the W31 (1960-65).
Source Brookings Institution
Author Department of Defense photograph

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This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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current00:19, 2 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 00:19, 2 January 2006425 × 412 (31 KB)Fastfission~commonswikiImage of a Medium Atomic Demolition Munition (nuclear landmine) produced by the United States from 1965 to 1986. The MADM had a relatively low yield for a nuclear weapon (1-15 kilotons) though in human terms it would still be increadibly powerful. The ent

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