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    U.S. Has Deployed New, Small Nukes On Submarine, According To Group

    by Geoff Brumfiel Jan 29, 2020 2 minutes
    The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee has reportedly gone on patrol carrying the new nuclear weapons.

    The U.S. has begun deploying a new type of low-yield nuclear warhead aboard some ballistic missile submarines, according to a report by an independent monitor.

    When the USS Tennessee, an Ohio-class submarine, went on patrol in the final weeks of 2019, it carried "one or two" of the new weapons, by the Federation of American Scientists.

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