| There are actually 3 situations a nuke could be used in modern warfare.
The two you described, and then there is the tactical last resort situation.
Bunker Busting deep earth nukes are one such use. Deep Water anti-Sub nuclear mines are another, and then the howitzer class nukes, 1-10 Kilo tactical use nukes. It was feared durign the cold war, by both sides, that should one side gain a serious advantage, that the other would use such and start a rapid escalation to a full exchange of nukes. That was the commonly held theory. One side geting desperate would use a defensive nuke, and the genie would be out of the bottle, and the ensuing paranoia would lead to a full release with one side fearing the other was about too and thus launching the first strike at the others command and control.
Scary stuff.
Einstein's "Theory of Relativity" is still being challenged to this day, but by consensus Global Warming is a fact... that's REAL science at work, why didn't Albert just go that route? |