July 16, 2001 at 9:24 am
I’d just like to start a discussion about what types of TACTICAL aircraft can employ nuclear weapons, and what types of nuclear weapons. Also, which of the new generation aircraft can also employ tactical nuclear weapons?
Neither RAAF F/A-18s or F-111s can employ nuclear weapons methinks, although Australia retains the ability to produce such WMD (not that we’d ever think about doing that…).
What about USN aircraft? Can they deliver nuclear weapons? Of course, nowadays there’s certainly less need for the use of nuclear weapons (if indeed there was a need to deliver them in the first place), but what about using tactical nukes to take out high value assets such as well-bunkered and protected C4I installations, AEW&Cs, large radar installations…
MinMiester