[StriperSniper]

but do wonders as anti-personnel weapons. . .

Yeah, but I meant more of a demonstration, 'midnight suns' on the edge of space as a response to something less than a 9/11 level of destruction. I don't know if that is even possible though due to the effects on satelites and the ISS.

[Salgak]

Tac nuke, 50K feet over each major Arab City. . .they get the message, EMP fries electronics, not quite high enough to zap satellites.