Special Atomic Demolition Munition
- Special Atomic Demolition Munition
The Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) was a United States Navy and Marines project that was demonstrated as feasible in the mid-to-late 1960s, but was never used. The project, which involved a small nuclear weapon, was designed to allow one person to parachute from any type of aircraft carrying the weapon package and place it in a harbor or other strategic location that could be accessed from the sea. Another parachutist without a weapon package would follow the first to provide support as needed.
The two-person team would place the weapon package in the target location, set the timer, and swim out into the ocean where they would be retrieved by a submarine or a high-speed surface water craft. The parachute jumps and the retrieval procedures were practiced extensively.Fact|date=February 2008
In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States developed several different types of lightweight nuclear devices. The main one was the W54, a cylinder 40 by 60 cm that weighed 68 kg. It was fired by a mechanical timer and had a variable yield equivalent to between 10 tons and 1 kiloton of TNT. 300 SADMs were assembled and remained in the US arsenal until 1989.Fact|date=February 2008
Popular culture
* In the video game "Splinter Cell", a SADM known as "The Ark" is used by Georgian terrorists to threaten the United States.
* In the James Bond video game "", the opening level involves Bond obtaining a SADM that is being sold.
* In the episode titled "" of the TV-series "JAG" (1995), extremists are attempting to steal SADMs from a naval base.
* In the movie "Black Dawn" (2005) one SADM is sold to a group of terrorists.
ee also
*Medium Atomic Demolition Munition
*Suitcase nuke
*List of nuclear weapons
*Mini-nuke
External links
* [http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/films/media/mpg/0800031.mpg SADM Delivery by Parachutist/Swimmer (Special Atomic Demolition Munition) Film Clip] ( [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pf6uX0hODuE full film] )
* [http://3ad.com/history/cold.war/nuclear.pages/weapons.pages/adm.3.htm image of the SADM]
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