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America's Secret Plan To Nuke Vietnam & Laos

scoop.co.nz — The U.S. Air Force wanted to use "nuclear weapons" against Vietnam in 1959 and 1968, and Laos in 1961, to obliterate communist guerrillas, according to newly declassified secret U.S. Air Force documents.

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  • Hidama, on 04/20/2008, -0/+2"In March 1961, the U.S. Joint Chiefs "countered with a plan calling for up to 60,000 men, complete with air cover and nuclear weapons."

    Thank you U.S. Joint Chiefs.
  • 360news, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1Plans are often put forward by branches of the military but that does not mean hat they are approved by those making the decisions. They are often just widely varying contingency plans although often guided by political whims. This is interesting, although I would have suspected as much at the time.
  • effward, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1VIET NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM
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