there are giant bombs like MOAB with the same explosive power of a small tactical nuke. Why don’t they just use the small nuke?

Question

there are giant bombs like MOAB with the same explosive power of a small tactical nuke. Why don’t they just use the small nuke?

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Answer 1

The GBU 43/B has a blast yield of 11 tons of tnt. Everyone likes to think of the Hiroshima bomb of 15 kt of tnt = 15,000. A tactical nuke can be as small as 1 kt = 1,000. To summarize:

Moab: 11
Hiroshima: 15,000
Tactical: 1,000

Ya, the Moab is tiny compared to any nuclear weapon.