Israel cabinet minister suggests it may destroy Gaza with the nuclear weapons it has never admitted owning

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@Jay_Vaughan

Most people think nukes are gigantic weapons of immensely overwhelming force, and therefore their use would mean the end of the world and the “last option” when all else is failed, and this naivety in the general public is dangerous because it allows for the micro-nuke case to be made.

The public understanding of Nuclear weapons as huge, potentially world ending threats is a brake on the development or deployment of smaller nukes. The public opposes those as they don’t believe they’re as limited as presented and think their use would still lead to a worldwide conflagration.