How about this instead for Guam
Soviets attack Guam but their plan is not to destroy it but instead to occupy it as a way of cutting off US supplies to China (and get a lot of nice US hardware to use and play with).
So they use a neutron bomb - kills the people but not the stuff thats there.
Unfortunately the amphib group that was supposed to take the island gets taken down by the USN well short of the island, leaving it free for the US to reoccupy.
By the time the Soviets realize that their amphib group never made it there, they are a little too busy getting nuked by the US to bother with a second attack.
Which leads to a new question - did anyone use neutron bombs in the Twilight War? Dont remember them being mentioned in the canon - but they were available for use - if I remember correctly I think the Soviets and the French had them in reality at that time frame.
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