Fox News reports that Donald Trump may consider using nuclear weapons to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility

The U.S. military has reservations regarding the success of using a bunker-buster bomb, a non nuclear weapon, to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, buried deep in a mountain. Two defense officials were reportedly briefed that only a tactical nuclear weapon could reach the facility.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Why the hell is Syracuse a civilian target? There's nothing there anymore.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I can't say, not my map, I dunno anything about Syracuse beyond the wiki page.

    Which does say its over half a million people in the metro area... Rapid City, South Dakota only has under a 100k, and it gets a nuke.

    Could be as simple as: Its got enough people, its a transit crossroads, its far away enough from other larger metros that it gets its own miniature sun, because the one(s) hitting NYC won't reach that far.

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