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Is the Smallest Nuclear Weapon in Russia's Arsenal?
The smallest nuclear weapon in Russia's arsenal is one kiloton, which is one-fifteenth of the size of a weapon dropped in Hiroshima. And they also have even smaller ones, things they call micronukes, which are on the order of several hundred tons. What would that do if it was launched? I mean, if you have a major Ukrainian military base or a key town, you could basically take it out. It would be fairly limited in geography compared to some of these other much larger yield nuclear weapons.
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