Seems it would do better to "assassinate" nuclear installations (research facilities, reactors, i.e., places where weapons-grade material is accumulated/stored)

Seems it would do better to "assassinate" nuclear installations (research facilities, reactors, i.e., places where weapons-grade material is accumulated/stored). This would remove undesirable nuclear infrastructure and, if done with tactical nuclear weapons, raise doubts in several entities about the wisdom of pursuing such research. It's one thing to learn of one's acquaintance being assassinated and quite another to find that, while you were on holiday, your company has had a nuclear accident and neither it nor the half-mile hole around it can be entered for another year, all the people are gone and your paycheck will likely be delayed for months at the very least.