Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Low-Yield Warhead Eliminates Need for Nuclear Buildup, State Says

By Photo of Exchange Monitor

The Department of State has framed deployment of a low-yield warhead aboard U.S. submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles as a means of preventing a nuclear arms race.
The agency’s 10-page, election-year publication is part of a series of Arms…

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