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From 1961 to 1971, the U.S. Army Deployed the Smallest Nuclear System Ever Built: What Caused It to Withdraw From West Germany in 1967 Was neither Its Weight nor Its Cost.

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The Davy Crockett was the smallest nuclear weapon system ever built, deployed from 1961 to 1971 in West Germany and Asia. Designed to give simple soldiers the power to trigger a nuclear war, it was withdrawn in 1967 for a reason far more troubling than its cost or congestion. More
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The Davy Crockett was the smallest nuclear weapon system ever built, deployed from 1961 to 1971 in West Germany and Asia. Designed to give simple soldiers the power to trigger a nuclear war, it was withdrawn in 1967 for a reason far more troubling than its cost or congestion. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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