M45 AFAP: Artillery-launched Nuke

M45 AFAP: Artillery-launched Nuke

The US military developed the M45 AFAP, a cannon-fired nuclear weapon that could be launched from a standard 155-mm howitzer. These rounds cost at least $1.25 million each and remained operational from the 1960s until the program's retirement in 1992.

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