Eli5 what’s the difference between a “tactical” nuke, and just an ordinary nuke?
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Tactical Nuke – Enough size and distance to win a battle. I will destroy a mult-ship navy battle group. I will, knock an entire unit of troops out of the battle with one shot. I will destroy a whole forward operating base. Whole entire airfield gone.
Strategic nukes – Enough size and distance to impose cost on the other country. I will destroy cities. I will cause the kind of damage that brings your population and your economies to their knees. I’ll cause the equivalent of a natural disaster (earthquake, tornado) in your capital city.
Tactical nuke = ability to win a fight.
Strategic nuke = ability to cause so much destruction you country can’t go to war with my country because you cannot pay the cost in destruction
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