Is there any plausible defense of the use of nuclear weapons for military purposes?
>>70044194
Railgun
Deterrent, first-strike, retaliation, last defense effort, area denial, and space denial. And that's without nuking a single city.
>>70044194
Alien invasion
>>70044321
I don't think he was asking how you could defend against nuclear weapons.
>>70044194
>for military purposes
... what other purposes do you need a nuclear weapon for??
>>70044648
Remove kebab
>>70044648
Deterrence.
>>70044194
Too many japs
>>70044648
to build artificial harbors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Chariot
>>70045131
By necessity they must be able to fire in order to deter, that means a nation must be willing to let them rip.
after paris attack, france could have feasibly glassed raqqa with a small yield tactical ... minor international incident. instead they chose to do absolutely nothing except harass white citizens angry about it.
>>70044194
Long range high velocity kinetic kill interceptors