These issues came up under Reagan. Think Pershing missiles. No leadership today.
Carter did away with the neutron bomb. Would it have come in handy? Something tells me the 700 destroyed tanks would still be functional, just manned by new crews(Ukraine).
“Carter did away with the neutron bomb. “
How stupid was that?
A neutron bomb is a nuclear attack. DC and every large city you’ve ever heard of in the US and EU would be nuked. There is no such thing as us nuking them and them not going high order back against us.
And yes, despite pop culture, those subjected to a neutron bomb would know they were indeed nuked in the Kiloton range, but the radiation effect would be that of a bomb ten times as large. It’s not like a fizzle that leaves the city intact as many believe.
And here’s your new tank... and lead lined suit.
Bright.
The idea that you could nuke a city to kill the entire population but leave the buildings there to be occupied is absurd. Assume if we unleash that we will be attacked with everything they have including ICBMs. There would be no US military left to occupy that neutron bombed city. It was scary but I think pointless. Maybe if nobody else had nukes it made sense but once we were facing adversaries with them, forget it.
Perhaps they should commit to a position and follow through. Trying to to sustain vacillation when lines are being drawn is not going to work.
“Carter did away with the neutron bomb. Would it have come in handy? Something tells me the 700 destroyed tanks would still be functional, just manned by new crews(Ukraine).”
It’s a display of abject stupidity to suggest somebody might be able to take out 700 Russian tanks with nuclear weapons, and not themselves be incinerated in nuclear fire.