[BenLurkin]

Blast yield: 5–7 kt (W76-2)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W76

Okay, I know this is a stupid question but why? Granted that is still a “big-bada-bomb” but why go small when right now you could hit them with a bomb 20 times more powerful?

[TexasGator]

Targeted damage.

[trebb]

Tactical.....

[BobL]

“Granted that is still a “big-bada-bomb” but why go small when right now you could hit them with a bomb 20 times more powerful?”

Even back during the Cold War, our goal was to NOT wipe out their civilization, but rather make sure we could take out hardened targets. As our accuracy became better, we had the luxury to shrink yield sizes, and we did.

[HapaxLegamenon]

Smaller warhead means taking out bunker without damaging outside target and without nuclear fallout. Allows for precision target.

[Telepathic Intruder]

You don’t always want to make the targeted area uninhabitable for the next 10,000 years. Through the cold war, the U.S. has always strived for smaller yet more accurate nukes. The U.S.S.R. was typically the one with big, stupid nukes.

[Magnum44]

Because there are some players who think they can fight a limited nuclear exchange without tripping WWIII