I agree.. as I understood it, the neutron bomb was specifically designed for rapid depopulation, but preservation of the infrastructure for later occupation. It might not be optimal for the area in the border regions, but a few Pakistani cities could use some cleansing. When the liberals and their Soviet allies referred to it as the “capitalist bomb,” that was too much for Carter, who unilaterally killed the program.
Yes, Carter killed the program but Reagan started it back up in 1981. What the end production was I suppose is anyone’s guess but our great leader obamao will probably have the devices turned into plowshares, er, I mean, solar batteries.
The neutron bomb had nothing to do with depopulation.
It was meant for the European theatre, as a defense against Soviet tank columns. It was a way of having a nuclear weapon with a smaller blast, but a hard radiation burst that would kill the tank crews.
That depopulation BS is a leftist myth, on a par with “war for oil”.