I am reminded by all the negativity towards less destructive weaponry here of what I read about the Neutron bomb as it was being developed. The idea was to have a nuclear weapon designed to reduce deleterious effects after such as horrible burns and radiation poisoning. One of the side effects was a neutron bomb would leave infrastructure in place for an invading force to use. By all accounts, the reduction in harm would work: tests on animals showed that you are either killed outright, or you are sick for a few days and make a full recovery (or at least it was thought so at the time).
The reaction was that people hated for being “the ultimate capitalist weapon” which killed people but left infrastructure undamaged. Forget the stuff about it being a cleaner, more humane nuclear weapon.
