And further: Even if you had the resources of a James Bond villain and by some miracle of luck managed to attack the convoy, extract the weapon, and scurry off

And further: Even if you had the resources of a James Bond villain and by some miracle of luck managed to attack the convoy, extract the weapon, and scurry off with it, you still couldn't use it. Nuclear weapons are designed to turn into bricks under any scenario of misuse, and the mechanisms to ensure this are some of the most devious and elegant engineering artifacts in the history of the engineering profession. This article gives a brief overview of these mechanisms but of course it is not comprehensive. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_Action_Link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_Action_Link