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	Nixon White House Considered Nuclear Options Against North Vietnam
		Nuclear Weapons, the Vietnam War, and the "Nuclear Taboo"*
		Among the files on the Vietnam War were two documents that explicitly raise the question of nuclear weapons use in connection with military operations against North Vietnam.
		(Note 9) Whether, as with Vietnam, elements of the historic nuclear taboo prevent the Bush administration from using nuclear weapons in a "preemptive" attack on a presumptive adversary remains to be seen.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB195/index.htm (3168 words)

	Vietnam War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Vietnam War was in many ways direct successor to the French Indochina War referred to as the First Indochina War in which the French fought with the financial and logistical of the United States to regain control their former colony in Indochina.
		North Vietnam which itself supported by the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China supported the NLF arms and supplies advisors and regular units the North Vietnamese Army which were transported via an extensive of trails and roads through the neutral of Laos which became known as the Ho Chi Minh trail.
		This reflected the concept that undeclared the war was an action of lesser or different nature continuing a post-World II trend of casting war in a context as in the Korean War described as a police action under the auspices of the United Nations.
	www.freeglossary.com /Vietnam_War (6489 words)

	Weapons of the Vietnam War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The PAVN, although having inherited a miscellany of American, French, and Japanese weapons from earlier stages of the conflict, were largely armed and supplied by its Warsaw Pact allies.
		In addition some weapons were manufactured in Vietnam, notably anti-personnel explosives, the K-50 (a PPSh-41 variant), and “home-made” versions of the RPG-2.
		Remington 870 used as an individual weapon during jungle patrol, not belonging to the regular army weapon of choice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weapons_of_the_Vietnam_War (1062 words)

	Military History Online - Role of Airpower in Vietnam
		Vietnam also introduced the attack helicopter as a vital weapon and it dawned a new age of tactics for the U.S. military.
		It was a campaign of slow gradual attacks against the North, increasing in intensity as the war drew on with the aim of bringing North Vietnam to the negotiating table.
		The Vietnam War was the birthplace of the modern attack helicopter, and it would change the way wars would be fought forever.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /vietnam/airpower (2860 words)

	Vietnam War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The chief cause of the war was the failure of Vietnamese nationalists, in the form of the Viet Minh, to gain control of southern Vietnam both during and after their struggle for independence from France in the First Indochina War of 1946-1954.
		The Vietnam War was finally concluded on 30 April 1975, with the fall of the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces.
		Vietnam war timelinevery comprehensive timeline of the Vietnam War
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vietnam_War (6091 words)

	Nixing nukes in Vietnam \| thebulletin.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The dominant military viewpoint was that nuclear weapons were simply one more arrow in the quiver--and after the Korean stalemate, the U.S. military was determined never again to conduct a ground war without using decisive force, including the use of nuclear weapons.
		When the risk of retaliation was added in, along with the risk of weapons spreading to guerrilla forces around the world, it amounted to a strong argument against the use of tactical nuclear weapons in the war.
		But this framework is now challenged by new circumstances and new declaratory policies that call for the expanded use of nuclear weapons to prevent, or respond to, the use of chemical and biological weapons as well as to the use of nuclear weapons by so-called rogue states and state-sponsored or autonomous non-state actors (including terrorists).
	www.thebulletin.org /article.php?art_ofn=mj03hayes (3434 words)

	Vietnam War
		Vietnam was a largely Buddhist nation (two-thirds were Buddhist in the Southern half), while Diem and much of his administration were Roman Catholic, and Diem was criticized as being out of touch with his citizens.
		The unstated goal of Vietnamization was that the primary burden of combat would be returned to ARVN troops and thereby lessen domestic opposition in the U.S to the war.
		Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs released figures on April 3, 1995, reporting that 1.1 million fighters"Viet Cong guerrillas and North Vietnamese soldiers"and nearly 2 million civilians in the north and the south were killed between 1954 and 1975.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/Vietnam_War_Overview.htm (14502 words)

	Military.com Resources
		During the ten years of America's commitment to the Vietnam war, 55,000 servicemen would be killed or listed as missing; the presidency would change hands three times; and the American people would wage their own war at home against the United States government.
		As American servicemembers fought in Vietnam, a different kind of war was taking place for American citizens back home, where the struggle was between the American people and their opposition to the fighting in Vietnam; and the American presidency's (beginning with J.F.K.) determination to halt the spread of communism.
		So divisive was the conflict in Vietnam and America's involvement that relations among the government, the people and the military would be strained until they were reunified by the Gulf War 25 years later.
	www.military.com /Resources/HistorySubmittedFileView?file=history_vietnamwar.htm (820 words)

	The Nautilus Institute: Vietnam FOIA Background(Nuclear Weapon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The chapter on the Vietnam War is the most extensive discussion to date of the issue of nuclear weapons in the Vietnam War.
		The possible use of tactical nuclear weapons in the war was the occasional subject of public rumor and speculation, and emerged as an issue in the presidential campaigns of 1964 and 1968.
		While no nuclear weapons were deployed in Vietnam, they were on board aircraft carriers and stockpiled in the region, increasing in numbers up through mid-1967.
	www.nautilus.org /VietnamFOIA/background/NuclearWeapons.html (8018 words)

	Weapons of the Vietnam War
		In Vietnam it was the main firepower of the infantry rifle section.
		The tactical use of the weapon required the gunner (grenadier) to be dedicated to the weapon and only carried a pistol as a side arm.
		The weapon had a fire-rate selector lever positioned just in front of the trigger, allowing the rate of fire to be changed rapidly without the weapon moving off the the point of aim.
	www.173rdairborne.com /weapons.htm (2971 words)

	Vietnam War Myths
		Assuming KIAs accurately represented age groups serving in Vietnam, the average age of an infantryman serving in Vietnam to be 19 years old is a myth, it is actually 22.8.
		The war was fought largely by the poor and uneducated.
		Vietnam War is the best Vietnam War information resource on the Internet.
	www.vietnam-war.info /myths (1136 words)

	Small Arms and Aircraft used during the Vietnam War - Weapons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Many of these weapons were mounted on metal or rubber wheels in order to aid their crews in deployment while others were carried by one man or a crew of two or more.
		These weapons were considered as particularly high priority for Allied Gun Ships attempting ground suppression and as a consequence were often employed in operations quite near to the border so that they could be extracted from an AO reasonably rapidly.
		One interesting feature of these weapons is that they could only be shoulder fired right-handed since the vent for the blast was located on the right hand side of the weapon itself close to the firing mechanism housing which would be lethal to a left-handed user.
	maxpages.com /robertharding - !http://www.maxpages.com/robertharding (3313 words)

	washingtonpost.com: '67 Study Discouraged Use of Nuclear Weapons in Vietnam War
		A secret 1967 government study on the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons in the Vietnam War that was declassified and released yesterday found that the political cost of using such devices far outweighed its military benefits.
		The 36-year-old study also disclosed the United States was trying to develop a "research earth borer," an air-dropped nuclear bomb that could dig into the ground to a certain depth before exploding.
		Designed to create a crater twice the size of a surface burst, the earth borer was described as "a useful weapon for dealing with the deep Viet Cong tunnel systems" that were resistant to conventional bombing.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A63433-2003Mar8?language=printer (363 words)

	Open Directory - Society: History: By Time Period: Twentieth Century: Wars and Conflicts: Vietnam War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Vietnam - The many complexities that made the war in Vietnam unique, including the people, battles, strategies and weaponry, are examined in each issue of this monthly magazine.
		Vietnam Memorial - Dedicated to the American dead of the war, includes names and biographies of some of the dead.
		Vietnam War - A collection of maps which describing the war from 1954 to 1975.
	dmoz.org /Society/History/By_Time_Period/Twentieth_Century/Wars_and_Conflicts/Vietnam_War (737 words)

	Ground Weapons Used in the Vietnam War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The M-60 assault rifle was very in the Vietnam War.
		The M-79 grenade launcher was first used in the Vietnam War by the United States.
		The M-79 was a shotgun type weapon that fired a 40 mm grenade cartridge.
	www.shylar.com /jenkins/2001/post1945/vietnam/ground.htm (436 words)

	Chemical Warfare
		During the war about 10% of Vietnam was intensively sprayed with 72 million litres of chemicals, of which 66% was Agent Orange.
		In Vietnam the dioxide remains in the soil and is now damaging the health of the grandchildren of the war's victims.
		The rise of the refugee population in South Vietnam was partly due also to the past American policy of removing from countless villages, for strategic reasons, the entire population, and of putting these unfortunate people in what were called refugee camps or relocation centres.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /VNchemical.htm (2217 words)

	Vietnam War - References (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Carr's Compendium of the Vietnam War - digital reprints of official records, documents, electronic data sets, photographs, audio recordings, and maps, related to the Vietnam War.
		Vietnam War Myths - demystifying the Vietnam War.
		Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War
	www.vikingphoenix.com /military/war/vnwar/vietnamwar-references.htm (156 words)

	Weapons of the Vietnam War
		early problems with the weapon it has now become a respected assault weapon.
		war the M79 was superseded by the M203.
		Weapons of the NVA and VC AK-47 7.62mm ASSAULT RIFLE
	www.nsatairsoft.com /vietnamwarweapons.html (324 words)

	Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on 1967 Study that Analyzed the Advisability of Using Tactical Nuclear Weapons in ...
		Washington, DC - The Department of Defense recently declassified a 1967 study that analyzed the potential effects of using tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield during the Vietnam War.
		President, in the mid-1960s during the height of the Vietnam War the Department of Defense commissioned a study to determine the feasibility and advisability of the use of tactical nuclear weapons in that conflict.
		They warned that US first-use of tactical nuclear weapons could lead China or the Soviet Union to provide similar weapons to the Viet Cong and North Vietnam, raising the possibility that US forces in Vietnam 'would be essentially annihilated' in retaliatory raids by nuclear-armed guerrilla forces.
	feinstein.senate.gov /03Releases/r-tacticalnukes.htm (645 words)

	New phase starts in Vietnam war weapons clearance
		Weapons disposal experts found and destroyed 6,025 pieces of unexploded ordnance and landmines in the northern and central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri, the groups said.
		Since the war ended in 1975, bombs, artillery shells, mortar bombs and rockets have killed 38,000 people and wounded 64,000, Vietnam government figures show.
		Vietnam estimates that only 20-25 percent of explosives left after the war have been cleared.
	www.veteransforamerica.org /ArticleID/8700 (446 words)

	The World Factbook -- Vietnam
		Vietnam is a densely-populated, developing country that in the last 30 years has had to recover from the ravages of war, the loss of financial support from the old Soviet Bloc, and the rigidities of a centrally planned economy.
		Vietnam's membership in the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and entry into force of the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade in December 2001 have led to even more rapid changes in Vietnam's trade and economic regime.
		Vietnam is working to promote job creation to keep up with the country's high population growth rate.
	vietnam.noggle.com (1442 words)

	Vietnam War
		The Vietnam War was a war fought between 1964 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos, and in bombing runs over North Vietnam.
		Fighting on one side was a coalition of forces including the United States, the Republic of Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea.
		Fighting on the other side was a coalition of forces including the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the National Liberation Front, a communist-led South Vietnamese guerrilla movement.
	www.vietnam-war.info (270 words)

	My War : My Secret
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	www.angelfire.com /in/Laos/war.html (1083 words)

	Release of Declassified Vietnam Nuclear Weapons Report
		A copy of that 1967 study, ``Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Southeast Asia'', has just been declassified, and lays out in terrifying detail what might have happened if the United States had used tactical nuclear weapons during the Vietnam war.
		They warned that US first-use of tactical nuclear weapons could lead China or the Soviet Union to provide similar weapons to the Viet Cong and North Vietnam, raising the possibility that US forces in Vietnam ``would be essentially annihilated'' in retaliatory raids by nuclear- armed guerrilla forces.
		This study, ``Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Southeast Asia'', was released this past weekend by the Nautilus Institute of Berkeley, CA, and I would urge those with an interest in reading it in full to contact them directly.
	www.fas.org /sgp/congress/2003/s031003.html (511 words)

	American Experience \| Vietnam Online \| Weapons of War \| PBS
		The Bell UH-1 helicopter, popularly known as the "Huey," was the workhorse aircraft for U.S. forces in Vietnam.
		One of the most common field support weapons, this portable mortar fired as many as 30 high-explosive, smoke, or illumination rounds per minute.
		The weapon fired about three to eight rounds per minute and handled a variety of ammunition, including high-explosive shrapnel shells and "beehive" cartridges, which contained thousands of small, sharpened darts.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/weapons.html (1786 words)

	Battlefield Vietnam Updated Impressions - PC News at GameSpot
		Battlefield Vietnam is well into development, and many of its new features, such as helicopters, airlifts, and the game's music system, are already in place.
		According to EA producer Reid Schneider, the sound on all infantry weapons in the new game will be much louder and more robust, and infantry operations themselves will be more prevalent and more important than they were in Battlefield 1942.
		However, airlifted vehicles can still use their onboard weapons, so airlifting a tank isn't just a good way to cross a river, but it's also a good way to have a flying, mobile turret.
	www.gamespot.com /pc/action/battlefieldvietnam/preview_6077160.html (685 words)

	'67 Study Discouraged Use of Nuclear Weapons in Vietnam War
		A secret 1967 government study on the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons in the Vietnam War that was declassified and released yesterday found that the political cost of using such devices far outweighed its military benefits.
		The 36-year-old study also disclosed the United States was trying to develop a "research earth borer," an air-dropped nuclear bomb that could dig into the ground to a certain depth before exploding.
		Designed to create a crater twice the size of a surface burst, the earth borer was described as "a useful weapon for dealing with the deep Viet Cong tunnel systems" that were resistant to conventional bombing.
	commondreams.org /headlines03/0309-07.htm (515 words)

	World War 2 Weapons and Equipment by Country
		World War Two required a massive outpouring of manufacturing capabilities, giving rise to one of the world's largest in the form of the United States of America.
		With its roots in the First World War, it is not a surprise to see the rise of man and machine to the extent that we did in World War Two.
		In the end, it would be a war of wars, setting the stage for the conflicts now present in the 21st Century.
	www.militaryfactory.com /worldwar2/weapons.asp (219 words)

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