Nuclear Planet

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Back in '45, we alone had the A-bomb, at least for a few years. And the sheer scale of horror at Hiroshima & Nagasaki were enough to keep both sides in check, MADdly speaking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

I've no doubt we & others are developing such weapons. But using them poses the risk of retaliation by the other guys with something big & dirty, since that's all they may have. We may be surgical, but they or their sympathizers probably won't.

Though not as quick & final, we have other means of getting to underground bunkers that don't require the atom & the risks.