Re: Teeny Nukes

Chen-song Qin wrote:

> So what exactly is the point of micro nukes if you have conventional
munitions (HE, FAE, plasma?, electrical?) that are just as powerful as
them, but will leave no side-effects on your own occupying troops?
>

An 0.02kilotonne conventional explosive charge has a mass of 0.02
kilotonnes, or about forty thousand pounds.  A 0.02kilotonne nuclear
charge has a much smaller mass, probably on the order of fifty pounds
(could be much less).  Blowing up an interchange on the autobahn
requires either a small amount of explosives and a lot of time, or a
single large charge.  When you have to blow it up after the retreat, but