For their local neighbors, they'd put a nuke on an aircraft, fly it over the target, and detonate over the target.
Nothing fancy, but darned effective.
I asked someone to imagine the mayhem on 9/11 if it had been a nuke on a container ship instead.
Didn't get an answer on it.
Yep. Even worse than a ground detonation. Especially if the detonation occurs at an altitude that would allow the formation of a precursour shockwave.
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