Pentagon Adds Low Nuclear Warhead On Trump Suggestion To Deter Russia

A less portent nuclear warhead is going to be ready to be launched through a submarine launch missile system, confirmed the Pentagon recently. This is being prepared in the wake of a possible threat by Russia.

In 2018, this unarmed Trident missile was test-launched from a U.S. Navy submarine. The warhead is known as the W76-2 is said to be a low-intensity warhead, carrying less than one-third of the power of other US nuclear warheads.

This new warhead is to fit on the top of existing submarine-borne Trident ballistic missiles. Apparently, this is merely preparedness for the eye-of-an-eye a psychological game that Washington would rather play with Moscow and prepare itself for deterrence only.

Strangely, political critics feel that such a low-yield weapon may lower the threshold for nuclear war because they are less powerful and therefore seem more usable. Deeper analysis and Republican and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith (D., Wash.) felt otherwise. He was the one to speak against the deployment.

According to Smith “this destabilizing deployment will only further increase the potential for miscalculation during a crisis. Validating the utility of so-called ‘low yield’ nuclear weapons in ‘winning’ a nuclear war add to the growing pressures of a nuclear arms race.”

This move of low-intensity warheads has been a part of Trump’s revamping strategy and is to address the conclusion that “potential adversaries, like Russia, believe that employment of low-yield nuclear weapons will give them an advantage over the United States and its allies,” said John Rood, the Pentagon’s top policy official.