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On 19/07/2025 01:42, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>
>> You haven't convinced me that every nation does this.  I can 
>> understand America or even Russia doing this, but the lasting damage 
>> would be greater with "groundbursts"? A vindictive nation might not be 
>> so green- conscious. Do you think Iran cares which of the two they 
>> conduct with a nuclear strike, since they have to work so hard just to 
>> get the initial blast?
>>
> If you want to occupy the ruins, airburst.  If you want to salt the land 
> for 10,000 years, ground burst.

If you want real ground burst, in the 50's the British developed some 
prototypes for a nuclear mine. So literally bury them on the East 
Germany border and if the Soviets attacked then detonate them. The idea 
wasn't just to cause casualties but to deny a whole area as an avenue of 
advance due to the fallout.