THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Stockpiled (in storage)
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Retired (needs to be taken apart)
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Ready to launch
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It has already exploded in a city.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Deployment means keeping the warheads. that contain nuclear explosives attached to. delivery vehicles, ballistic missiles or. aircraft, and having them ready to be used. to attack a designated target.
Detailed explanation-2: -When a nuclear device is exploded, a large fireball is created. Everything inside of this fireball vaporizes, including soil and water, and is carried upwards. This creates the mushroom cloud that we associate with a nuclear blast, detonation, or explosion.
Detailed explanation-3: -US land-based missiles can reportedly be launched within 5 minutes of a presidential decision to do so and submarine-based missiles within 15 minutes.
Detailed explanation-4: -At the beginning of 2023, the US Department of Defense maintained an estimated stockpile of approximately 3, 708 nuclear warheads for delivery by ballistic missiles and aircraft. Most of the warheads in the stockpile are not deployed but rather stored for potential upload onto missiles and aircraft as necessary.