On: Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Southeast Asia (1967) [pdf]

[dTal]

> In sum, the political effects of U.S. first use of tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam would be uniformly bad and could be catastrophic.

I assume the submission of this document is intended to be apropos of the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

[Tehchops → dTal]

The idea behind MAD is that anything beyond considering their use in a retaliatory capacity should be fundamentally insane, but that depends on all engagement participants being rational actors, which isn't clearly not guaranteed.

[kurupt213 → dTal]

At one point the airforce thought nuclear tipped Surface to Air missiles scattered throughout the California coastal foothills were a good idea

[Tomte → dTal]

You're assuming wrong. It's simply happenstance, just as the Wordle thing with Roe v. Wade.