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My point is that nuclear weapons evolved quickly beyond simple battlefield weapons to become political weapons as well.
Nowadays the U.S., or indeed any equally-advanced technological nation, no longer needs nuclear weapons to achieve decisive and total military results - conventional weapons have evolved to such a degree that a thousand pounds of well-placed TNT (or whatever) fills the role of what a pound of poorly-placed plutonium (or whatever) was needed to accomplish 30 years ago.
I agree that politically nukes have just as much weight as they always have.
That's my opinion anyway.
-dale
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