Originally Posted by Blacksheep
Hmm. . What exactly is the definition of a deployed "strategic" nuclear weapon? As opposed to a deployed "tactical" one?
Deployed strategic nuclear weapon: ICBM with warheads installed sitting in a launch silo, SLBM in a submarine with electrical power supplied (either externally or internally), long-range bomber with nuclear warheads in its bomb bay (either on the ground or in the air).
Deployed tactical nuclear weapon: nuclear bomb in the magazine of an aircraft carrier at sea or in port, nuclear artillery shell at a forward base or with a deployed unit, etc.
Non-deployed nuclear weapons are those sitting in bunkers in the home country, or missile warheads not installed on their missiles, etc.