This M28 “mini-nuke”—named the Davy Crockett—was first tested in 1962. It produced a yield of just 15 to 20 tons of TNT, 1000 times less powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, but also a big dose of lethal radiation.
(“Davy Crockett Depleted Uranium (DU) spotting rounds have been confirmed used at The Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) on Hawaii Island and at Schofield Barracks on Oahu, as well as in more than a dozen other states.” Jim Albertini)
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