Many mini-nuke e-mailers mentioned the ‘Davy Crockett’ and so did the Derb. Whatever else one can say about the Davy Crockett (essentially a bazooka that fired nuclear devices), the soldiers who were expected to fire it would either have to been very brave or really, really optimistic. The minimum range was 1,000 feet.
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Andrew Stuttaford is the editor of National Review's Capital Matters.
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