I wrote it one day while out on the missile range - I was trying to describe a nuke, from the perspective of someone generations later.
Ever notice how our infrastructure is getting smaller?
Some countries don’t even bother with phone wires anymore - they go straight to cell towers.
VERY well.
Since you started it (nearly two years ago), a smaller, less robust infrastructure makes it easier to destroy, and harder to rebuild.
Look at Larry Niven's "Ring World". That world had a power failure caused by a bug eating the organic control wiring, and they were unable to recover.