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Old 09-24-2009, 10:58 PM
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Although obviously written for your own background, it's a damn fine peice of writing with a lot of good hard thought gone into it.
In your timeline when were nukes first used? I imagine not for a while after this engagement...
Once nukes were an option, I can't see any reason why they wouldn't be used against enemy shipping, especially the larger capital ships such as carriers and cruisers (not sure if there are any battleships left). This gives SSBNs a much greater military importance than if they'd been left to attack land targets.
A nuke used at sea might be seen by the general population of the world as more acceptable than one attacking the land - I would think less fallout (perhaps just the perception of less), no immediate damage against cities, etc. Basically, although they're certain to screw up the ecosystem no end, politically they'd be more palatable.
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