IIRC, American research into ERWs began in the 1950s, and the first successful test was in 1963. I know that during his presidential campaign the following year, Barry Goldwater openly mulled over the concept of using low-yield, tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam (though many argue that this was simply Cold War bluster, intended to intimidate China and/or the U.S.S.R.)
Is it possible to have an ATL Vietnam War where an American administration utilizes ERWs in lieu of chemical deforestation agents, and does so without triggering a wider nuclear exchange with China and/or the U.S.S.R.?
Is it possible to have an ATL Vietnam War where an American administration utilizes ERWs in lieu of chemical deforestation agents, and does so without triggering a wider nuclear exchange with China and/or the U.S.S.R.?