Sep 13, 2025
Nuclear weapons are thought of as being large and heavy, but even going back to 1950s, weapons designers had created weapons that could be carried in a backpack. But just how small can one of these devices be made and still work? There are stories of lost briefcase nukes after the fall of the Soviet Union, so in this video, we look at how they are and, with the widespread use of cheap drones in warfare, how likely it is that a stolen miniature nuke could be used in an unstable world today.
Written, researched and presented by Paul Shillito.
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The story behind one of the Soviet Union’s greatest myths: Captain Nikolai Gastello, who in 1941 sacrificed himself in a fiery ramming attack and became the USSR’s most famous war hero.
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