"only" 100kt
raketenjagdpanzer made mention of some minor warheads of 100kt--I guess it's all in how they are placed.
Doing some calculating with NukeMap program, I could sever land travel betweem most of the Northeast from the Midwest by nuking about 20 bridges.That's about 5 or 6 MIRV'd ICBMs with a few left over for double-taps or insurance against misfires, right?
Now that may not seem as vital as the refinery capacity or weapons plants, but when you also consider that the rivers themselves would suffer a lot from the bridge debris, hindering any barge traffic attempting to bypass the bridges, it all adds up to a big logistical mess.
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"Let's roll." Todd Beamer, aboard United Flight 93 over western Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001.
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