What does TACNUC stand for?

defense chief in Seoul for security talks, a group of scholars and retired military officials have called for a redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea to counter North Korea's nuclear drive.

tactical nuclear weapons were removed from South Korea in 1991 as part of arms reductions following the Cold War.

1/52/7) submitted by Costa Rica December 10 The 1997 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines 1998 March 25 US conducts sub-critical nuclear test March 31 UK retires from service its last tactical nuclear weapon, the WE 177 free-fall bomb April 6 UK and France become the first nuclear weapons States to ratify the CTBT, banning all nuclear-weapons test explosions 1998 May 11 India conducts three underground nuclear tests, its first in 24 years.

There are also some things it is never likely to offer, from "escort services" to tactical nuclear weapons.

The website quoted anonymous Israeli and Arab sources as saying that two American jets armed with tactical nuclear weapons carried out an attack on a nuclear site under construction, with Israeli F-15 and F-16 jets providing cover for the U.

And: "When asked whether his answer also applied to the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons, he said it did.

REPUBLICAN candidates in the race for the US presidency stepped up pressure on Iran when they agreed it must not develop nuclear weapons even if a tactical nuclear strike was needed.

That's code for tactical nuclear weapons (such as the B61-11) which bury themselves 20 feet deep, explode with half the tonnage of Hiroshima, and destroy underground facilities.