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No, it won't. In all out conventional warfare you bring out the tactical nukes via various deployment mechanisms. If the batteries form a big threat, they'll

No, it won't. In all out conventional warfare you bring out the tactical nukes via various deployment mechanisms. If the batteries form a big threat, they'll get wiped.

jacquesm 11y ago
Conventional warfare does not include 'tactical nukes', that's nuclear warfare. By definition conventional warfare does not include bio, chemical and nuclear weapons.
- pinaceae 11y ago
  both WW so far have been labeled conventional, saw use of those weapons. full out thermo-nuclear warfare with the intent of wiping out the enemy completely has not been done, obviously ever. yet. US vs. USSR was at this stage. US vs. China is not due to China's smaller arsenal.
smacktoward 11y ago
The Chinese have nukes too. You bring out your nukes, they bring out THEIR nukes, and then you're on the slippery slope towards Armageddon.
- true_religion 11y ago
  In the case of tactical nuclear weapons, I don't see what gain there is versus traditional bunker busters using depleted uranium warheads.
  - fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
    DU is not a "nuke". It's kind of the opposite. It's the byproduct of the process of separating the more active isotopes from the almost non-radioactive one, U-238.
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      - fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
        Thanks. I read it again, not sure why I got that impression.
  - smacktoward 11y ago
    There is one difference, which is that popping a nuke over a live target would make a Very Big Statement: "You have crossed a line that we believe now makes you an existential threat. Consider your next move very carefully." Which would then prompt the adversary, staring into the abyss, to search their soul a little before pressing matters any further. (Or so goes the theory, anyway. In reality nobody knows how a nuclear-armed adversary would respond to that Very Big Message, because it's outside the realm of previous human experience. For all we know it could have the opposite effect, causing them to panic and unload their whole nuclear arsenal out of fear.)
  - pinaceae 11y ago
    you do not need to hit the target directly. plus those rocket launchers are not in bunkers.

No, it won't. In all out conventional warfare you bring out the tactical nukes via various deployment mechanisms. If the batteries form a big threat, they'll get wiped.

jacquesm 11y ago

Conventional warfare does not include 'tactical nukes', that's nuclear warfare. By definition conventional warfare does not include bio, chemical and nuclear weapons.

pinaceae 11y ago
both WW so far have been labeled conventional, saw use of those weapons. full out thermo-nuclear warfare with the intent of wiping out the enemy completely has not been done, obviously ever. yet. US vs. USSR was at this stage. US vs. China is not due to China's smaller arsenal.

smacktoward 11y ago

The Chinese have nukes too. You bring out your nukes, they bring out THEIR nukes, and then you're on the slippery slope towards Armageddon.

true_religion 11y ago
In the case of tactical nuclear weapons, I don't see what gain there is versus traditional bunker busters using depleted uranium warheads.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
  DU is not a "nuke". It's kind of the opposite. It's the byproduct of the process of separating the more active isotopes from the almost non-radioactive one, U-238.
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    - fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
      Thanks. I read it again, not sure why I got that impression.
- smacktoward 11y ago
  There is one difference, which is that popping a nuke over a live target would make a Very Big Statement: "You have crossed a line that we believe now makes you an existential threat. Consider your next move very carefully." Which would then prompt the adversary, staring into the abyss, to search their soul a little before pressing matters any further. (Or so goes the theory, anyway. In reality nobody knows how a nuclear-armed adversary would respond to that Very Big Message, because it's outside the realm of previous human experience. For all we know it could have the opposite effect, causing them to panic and unload their whole nuclear arsenal out of fear.)
- pinaceae 11y ago
  you do not need to hit the target directly. plus those rocket launchers are not in bunkers.