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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: And Spalls thinks COD is shallow
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 07:45:06 -0700
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On 7/21/2025 12:30 AM, JAB wrote:
> 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.

As well as deny the Soviets a large number of new subjects.

-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.