#VantageOnFirstpost: Russia is staging a military drill near Ukraine with tactical nuclear weapons. Footage released by Moscow shows soldiers loading fake warheads onto launchers and warplanes. Russia's defence ministry says the drills are in response to provocative statements from Western leaders. In the past, Vladimir Putin has timed his nuclear rhetoric to deter western adventurism and meddling in Ukraine. Tactical nukes are smaller than strategic nukes which are capable of destroying entire

This video shows a tactical nuclear weapon delivery by an F-104 Starfighter during a test most probably dating back to the end of 1950s - early 1960s. The one featured in the video appears to be a B43, a variable yield thermonuclear weapon used by a wide variety of aircraft. Developed from 1955, it entered production in 1959. 2,000 such bombs were produced between 1959 and 1965. There were two B43 variants: Mod. 1 and Mod. 2, each with explosive yields from 70 kilotons to 1 megaton. Among those