Nuclear torpedos, artillery and backpack bombs designed during Cold War
Close icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Hiroshima, Japan, shortly after the "Little Boy" atomic bomb detonated on August 6, 1945. Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images Throughout the Cold War, the prospect of bombers dropping nuclear bombs and submarines launching nuclear-tipped missiles terrified people around the world. Those were the major delivery methods, but both militaries developed an array of smaller nuclear weapons for tactical use, and pla...