Post by Anime Daisuki on May 24, 2010 13:13:13 GMT -5
Looking over the responses so far. I think alot of people still have the 1960s concept of a nuclear explosion. That kind of mushroom cloud scenario is not entirely necessary in a nuclear war today.
Since the late 90s, precision strike technology has grown by leaps and bounds. It is now possible to take out most *known* nuclear sites with a low yield nuclear warhead that would decimate an enemy launch site without destroying entire populations.
What Nautilus said: Underlined for emphasis.
A strike would have to be performed a surgically as possible to remove as much of the leadership as possible while sparing as much of the population as possible. Whichever city the leadership is hiding in must be struck, obviously. But no other population centers, if it can be avoided. Military bases would have to be hit as well. We have low yield weapons that can level a military installation and leave the rest of the city around it standing as if nothing had happened.
The only problem is, of course, we don't know every launch site. And some of those are mobile.
Since the late 90s, precision strike technology has grown by leaps and bounds. It is now possible to take out most *known* nuclear sites with a low yield nuclear warhead that would decimate an enemy launch site without destroying entire populations.
What Nautilus said: Underlined for emphasis.
A strike would have to be performed a surgically as possible to remove as much of the leadership as possible while sparing as much of the population as possible. Whichever city the leadership is hiding in must be struck, obviously. But no other population centers, if it can be avoided. Military bases would have to be hit as well. We have low yield weapons that can level a military installation and leave the rest of the city around it standing as if nothing had happened.
The only problem is, of course, we don't know every launch site. And some of those are mobile.
