Talk:Special Atomic Demolition Munition

message: I hope this is not considered abusive but I'm putting this at the top as this article seems to have answers to most of the questions here. When elite US forces strapped nukes to their backsJohnvr4 (talk) 20:07, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: New Source and Answers

message: Had a friend who's assignment in the Army had to do with SADM & MADM.  He said that he had helicopter assigned to him. If the Soviets attacked through the Fulda Gap, he was to take these "explosives" to bridges and choke points, set the timer and hopefully be gone when it blew up.    Due to the helicopters having high engine failure rates when on exercises with live "devices", the practice after crash landing was to run for cover.  This was because if the chopper caught fire, the chemical explosives might go off, spreading the radio active material around.   Apparently the device would not go critical unless triggered, but enough heat would result in the chemical explosives going off.   Saltysailor (talk) 05:47, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: SADM use

message: Where are the SADMs currently located? Have they been stocked or decomissioned? It seems to me that they could easily be seen as a matter of National Security if they are just stored in a weapons depot. Crisco 1492 18:02, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Globalsecurity.org states that these weapons are no longer in the stockpile.  If I had to guess I would imagine that the things have been disassembled. --Robert Merkel 12:05, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: SADM Current Locations

message: What does the term variable yeild mean? It sounds like there's a dial on top that you set for how many tons you want.
I'm assuming it means you can make it with different amounts of nuclear material.
:Nope, it means dial-a-yield.  I've updated the page to reflect this.  Yes, I find this kind of disturbing.--Robert Merkel 08:05, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Variable Yield?

message: Is "Davey Crocket" the name of the project, the rifle or the projectile? --Gbleem 05:17, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: says 163 pounds.--Patrick 13:58, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)
W54 weight was closer to 60 pounds.174.228.1.60 (talk) 03:28, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tactical nuclear rifle thingy 

message: I've read that SADM may also refer to a "Strategic Area Denial Munition", or neutron bomb, but only in the context of Repo Man (film). Can anyone confirm or deny? --beefyt (talk) 06:33, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Google suggests that's the only place where the term has been used.  I suspect it's something they just made up for the movie and has no existence outside of it.  Xihr  06:40, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strategic Area Denial Munition? 

message: There is a claim that the device in the opening of Everything or Nothing is a SADM, but the device looks nothing like the one pictured and the in-game dialogue clearly indicates it is a Soviet Suitcase nuke. (Please see the 1:40 and 2:20 marks at )  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.94.240.97 (talk) 19:21, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pop Culture Uses 

message: The web page should note that the 200-300 or so SADMs/W54s didn't stay in the stockpile long and there should be a decommissioning date. It's designer (Ted) didn't care for them, and the US military didn't care much for them either. 143.232.210.38 (talk) 22:18, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The only reference I could find http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Allbombs.html states that they were retired between 1967 and 1989.  This is vaguely alluded to on the W54 page.  Do you have any better sources?  Rwessel (talk) 05:05, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decommissioned 

message: There are claims that suitcase bombs could have been used to demolish these buildings:Why use dynamite, when can use atomic bomb?!
--171.96.247.53 (talk) 02:59, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I recall reading something about airplanes. Herostratus (talk) 14:36, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was the ADM eventually also used at  9/11 on WTC 1,2 & 7 ?