In het decennium na Hiroshima werden tactische kernwapens alom gezien als “normale” wapens, en het Amerikaanse leger beschikte over nucleaire artillerie, nucleaire landmijnen en nucleair luchtafweergeschut.
In the decade after Hiroshima, tactical nuclear weapons were widely regarded as “normal” weapons, and the US military incorporated nuclear artillery, atomic land mines, and nuclear anti-aircraft weapons into its deployed forces.