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Also, IIRC air burst nuclear weapons produce less fallout.
by valuearb 6y ago
Also, IIRC air burst nuclear weapons produce less fallout.
- jabl 6y agoFor nuclear war planners, fallout is probably a feature.
- VLM 6y agoNot for theoretical defensive tactical use in Korea / Germany / Israel / similar
- dragontamer 6y agoTwo kinds of nuke classes: 1. Strategic -- The world is going to die nukes. These are big nukes on ICBMs. If the opponent launches a strategic nuke, you launch all of yours and kill them too. 2. Tactical -- Small nukes that you shoot at the opponent's army before sending in your troops. You're thinking of strategic nukes. But strategic nukes are far weaker if you have a dirty explosion: its probably better to have a more complete bomb. Tactical nukes absolutely must be clean, because your own troops are in the area.
- jabl 6y agoStrategic nukes are typically fission-fusion-fission devices with both more yield and more fallout than a cleaner fission-fusion design of the same weight.