PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoWhy haven't national militaries tried this yet? Are they stupid?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down14
arrow-up128arrow-down1imageWhy haven't national militaries tried this yet? Are they stupid?lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·28 days agoThe only flaw with this plan is, if you piss someone off badly enough, there is no bunker that will withstand a direct hit from a nuke.
minus-squareCorngood@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoSo just put the bunker on the other side of the big earth rock
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agowhat if you put a nuke on the building so that the nuke explodes the dropped nuke and protects the bunker
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoSo like ERA but with nukes? Could work.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoNot really. Nukes are horrific because they target cities. It is incredibly hard to destroy a military with just nukes - too many targets, they’re spread out far and wide and mobile. Deep bunkers also work really well against nukes.
The only flaw with this plan is, if you piss someone off badly enough, there is no bunker that will withstand a direct hit from a nuke.
Need a bigger rock
The earth is just a big rock
So just put the bunker on the other side of the big earth rock
what if you put a nuke on the building so that the nuke explodes the dropped nuke and protects the bunker
So like ERA but with nukes?
Could work.
Not really. Nukes are horrific because they target cities. It is incredibly hard to destroy a military with just nukes - too many targets, they’re spread out far and wide and mobile. Deep bunkers also work really well against nukes.