Nukes: The Next Generation

jonerik writes: "Following up on the weekend's posting on the revision of American nuclear war-fighting plans, the New York Times has this article on the difficulties in building a new generation of nukes. The American nuclear arms industry is much smaller now than it was ten years ago, testing the new, smaller "bunker busters" would be problematic, and no one's certain that a nuclear weapon with a tiny explosive yield that's capable of penetrating yards of reinforced concrete could actually be built."

Comments

Re:Why do they need this?

[PD]

Alternative that works just as well. I call this the "Cask of Amantilladobot".

1) Roboticise a dump truck.
2) Drive dump truck up to cave entrance with a pile of rocks.
3) dump rocks, blocking entrance.

No nukes required.

Re:Why do they need this?

[soulcuttr]

Or better yet, this is what we do...

1. Build giant (hollow) wooden rabbit
2. Place the wooden rabbit in front of the entrance to the bunker/cave/castle
3. They will be immediately fooled into taking your giant wooden rabbit into their fortified area
4. Wait until they're asleep... and then... hit them with a giant nuke anyway

That isn't where you thought I was going with this, was it? Honestly, though, it seems a big waste to spend time thinking of "clever ways to use a nuke on a fortified enemy" -- I am of the opinion that a nuke is not the best weapon for every situation. There's probably a better, and more cost effective way to achieve the same results without rearranging the mountains.

-Sou|cuttr