Teemu: Only known nuclear warheads that would fit
(in a very large and heavy) suitcase are the U.S.
designs for mini-nuke war heads. These had
explosive power of 10 to 250 tons, for comparison
the Hiroshima bomb yield was about 15 kilotons.
Sorry to contradict, but I have a first-hand
account of a friend who was a US officer in Europe
during the late '70s and early '80s. US forces had
an array of "suitcase" (he called them "backpack")
nukes for use in the feared Soviet invasion of
Europe through the Fulda Gap. These nukes were in
the low-kiloton range (Hiroshima-sized). In the
event of an invasion, these weapons would be
placed along the Autobahn and
detonated--consistent with the NATO strategy of
delaying the Soviet ground advance. IN addition to
creating an obstacle to the Soviet advance, they
would send a wave of fallout toward Eastern
Europe. It was also widely believed at the time
that the Soviets had developed their own version
of these tactical nukes, primarily for the same
purpose of disrupting a ground advance.
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