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Originally Posted by Heir of the Void
Well, its not as if what they're doing is working by any, by any stretch of the imagination. They're in more or less a perfect position to go nuclear without a lot of major drawbacks; they have a solid east-facing fortified defense line with plenty of artillery that forces the BETA to mass to attack it with a reasonable chance of success.
Not nearly as big of a concern as most people are convinced it would be in this situation. There are situations where a atomic detonation generates a lot of fallout, and this isn't one of them for the following reasons:
- Unless you are completely brain dead, you'd use airbursts for purely tactical reasons, and airbusts produce negligible fallout
- You have the easy option of using high fusion-fraction high-yield bombs that generate few fission fragments and kick them way up into the stratosphere
- The prevailing winds (the polar jet stream is right there) will blow any fission fragments that are produced right into BETA territory, where they become Not A Problem
I'm not saying that its a perfect plan, but this is a world where there are few few good options left. |
But the BETA have Laser-class with them. They'll just destroy the missile before it even reaches them.