[boris]

"What possible reason would we have to use tactical nuclear weapons?"

Enhanced radiation weapons can cook anything alive in those caves. The radiation will penetrate and kill them before they know they are dead.

THAT's the reason.

--Boris

[Sender]

I read that gamma radiation can travel for a mile through air, but how about through rock? Would the mountain rock not be an effective shield against this? Of course, if it causes a high pressure blast wave that travels down the cave then who cares about the radiation effects anyway, they are toast.