Green Light Teams

A paratrooper of the United States Army Special Forces conducting a high-altitude military parachuting drop with an MK–54 SADM
A member of the United States Navy's Underwater Demolition Team demonstrating the parachute swimmer delivery method for the MK-54 SADM
A SADM hard carrying case
The SADM demolition charge version of the W54 in its carry bag

Green Light Teams were teams of American special forces personnel created during the height of the Cold War.[1] The teams, also known to as Atomic Demolition Munitions Specialists, were trained to advance, arm, and deploy Special Atomic Demolition Munitions (SADM) behind enemy lines.[2] SADMs were atomic demolition munitions, a type of portable nuclear weapon created by the United States in 1954.[3]

  1. ^ Rawnsley, Adam; Brown, David (30 January 2014). "The Littlest Boy". Foreign Policy. ISSN 0015-7228. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ^ Sinai, Tamir (8 December 2020). "Eyes on target: 'Stay-behind' forces during the Cold War". War in History. 28 (3): 681–700. doi:10.1177/0968344520914345. p.17
  3. ^ Arkin, William M. (1 April 1985). "Nuclear backpacks". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 41 (4): 4–5. doi:10.1080/00963402.1985.11455940. eISSN 1938-3282. ISSN 0096-3402. LCCN 48034039. OCLC 470268256.