[lwoodham]

I think we should make the first move. It will be blamed on us regardless. Nuclear bunker busters for Iran's nuclear program and much more if we must. I still believe that a demonstration of what a 100 megaton device can do will do wonders for those that want to live..It can be demonstarted in remote area still visable to those that need to see it. Be sure to stare at the white light for as long as you can.

[Pete98]

Well, a 100 megaton device would create way too much fallout to pollute surrounding nations and even contribute to a "nuclear winter" effect in that area of the planet. Also, using it in an unpopulated area would just make them laugh at us even more (see, the soft, weak infidels are afraid to attack the might of the Ummah, because they know we are too strong to defeat! Allah is with us WOOHOO!).

Much better to use maybe a 10-meg on a city.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

"...what a 100 megaton device can do..."

For the record: We don't have a 100MT bomb; never have.
In fact the largest known nuke was an estimated 60MT the soviets detonated back in the 60s. They claimed to have a 100MT, but we doubted it. Why don't we have such monsters?
Simple. They don't do as much damage as more numerous smaller bombs, they just make a big hole in the ground.

About the only thing they might be useful for would be a high-altitude burst to create an EMP to knock out electronics. Or remove about a quarter of a mountain somewhere (but the fallout would be bad from that; worldwide that is.)