All y'all don't understand the true target of the tac nukes. They were
never designed as vehicle killers - they were weapon killers. Shooting
down a bomber and then having its 20MT TN go off on ground impact
(because it was so armed on entering enemy territory - doctrine)
leaving a 3000 REM/Hr trail of fallout several hundred miles long
isn't a victory by any means. So the tac nukes detonating within a
certain radius of the target emitted a prompt neutron flux intense
enough to initiate a pit-slagging reaction in the enemy weapon, also
probably initiating a one-point burst many orders of magnitude less
than the weapon's design yield.
And one other factor - anyone looking in the direction of the tac nuke
will most likely suffer from flash blindness for some time - most
likely in excess of their fuel time. I guess y'all never heard of the
USAFE strike pilots' eyepatches, either.
BTW your ROE is obviously shoot anything you detect - pretty harsh,
no? Oops, there went our mail/fresh fruit and veggies/beer
ration/replacements (pick one).
walt BJ