CAUSES AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF GROUND FORCES ARTILLERY NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE USSR AND THE USA
The article discusses the historical process of creation and development of tactical and operational tactical missile systems (short and medium-range ballistic missiles) and artillery systems capable of employing nuclear weapons in the USSR and abroad in the second half of the 1950s.The main causes and development trends of this type of weapon are considered on the basis of interstate contradictions in the first post-war years.