alt Hacker News> tactical nukes have never been used.
Two tactical nukes have been used, albeit against strategic (civilian, industrial, logistical) targets.
> tactical nukes have never been used.
Two tactical nukes have been used, albeit against strategic (civilian, industrial, logistical) targets.
Are you retconning Hiroshima and Nagasaki as usage of tactical nukes? And when they were not only used against an adversary without nukes, but at a time when the US was the only nuclear state, so that escalation was impossible?
The nominal definition of tactical nukes has less to do with yield and more to do with how they're used; tactical typically means a weapon designed for use on the battlefield.