Of course they are, and “Purposefully targeting civilian populations as such directly conflicted with the international norms of the day&quot; is complete and utter guff. This was immediately after the systematic, thorough going population centre bombing campaigns of WW II. Which planet are these people from?<p>nevertheless the fact remains that most nuclear weapons are tactical or mid-range and therefore not primarily suitable for population attack. The primary reason Russian tank divisions didn&#x27;t swoop through Germany in the 1950s wasn&#x27;t because atom bombs would rain down on Moscow (although they would) it was because atom bombs would rain down on the tank divisions.