cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31683994

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.

  • tehn00bi@lemmy.world
    119·
    4 days ago

    So you want / have to hit a facility designed to survive most attacks, even potential nuclear attacks and you chose to not use the weapons best suited?

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      17·
      4 days ago

      Yes, correct. Absolutely. Because there are ramifications way fucking beyond that one instance.

      Similarly, if my neighbor’s dog sometimes pisses on the petunias, a gun would absolutely solve the problem, yet despite being extremely effective it may not be the best solution.

    • SuperCub@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      4 days ago

      You’re a fucking clown for suggesting nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are evil, go watch some history videos of what happened to people who were hit by one. And not only that, the destruction is long-term. Using a nuclear weapon to penetrate the Earth will definitely leave the region poisoned for multiple lifetimes.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      1·
      3 days ago

      I hate how the Internet has made all these arm chair idiots think that they are experts now on military strategy and weapons.

      But to answer your question:

      No, you do not use nukes. If you really need to get in, drop your bunker buster bombs five times more, you have the airspace as you claimed. Hell, drop twenty of em, still cheaper than a nuke but more importantly YOU WONT BE DROPPING NUKES

      What part of “nukes are different, nukes are the end” do you not understand?

      Once the first nuke drops, you can rest assured that the second will follow soon for -of which I’m sure will be explained as really really- good reasons and then the third will follow closely after because now we found another good reason…

      Nukes aren’t just extremely powerful, they’re also extremely devastating to the world and humanity for a long, long time.

      Once nukes start, humanity is done.

      You. Do. Not. Use. Nukes.