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liquid32855 t1_jebpsw7 wrote

Reply to comment by nomad_556 in TIL that, during the Cold War, every infantry and armor battalion in the U.S Army had one officer trained to deploy the Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM), commonly known as the backpack nuke by nomad_556

You'll carry whatever they tell you and sith a GD smile! Apparently it was known as a suicide mission because you likely couldn't outrun the timer because you had to br sure the weapon was secured before detonation. So you couldn't set timer for 15 mins and driver off. You basically went out with the bomb.

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