As in another thread, it seems like the word &quot;Tactical&quot; is key here.  The new weapon that was recently released to the US is particularly objectionable to many because it allows its&#x27; yield to be &#x27;dialed down&#x27;.<p>There are also air-to-air nuclear weapons designed for planes to shoot at each other, which might not have a yield much larger than a Hellburner.<p>I share your concern about an interpretation of history that lends arguments to dangerous attitudes in present-day politics, just having recently read a great deal about nuclear yields, the humongous detonations we imagine are not the only type possible, they&#x27;re just the only type of weapons which have ever been deployed, with many weapons simply not even having been ever tested.