the main reason for the nuke is due to the treaty it would be breaking. why russia is pushing for us to do it, that's to be left to our imagination.
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Government and private nuclear experts agreed that using a nuclear bomb would be not only risky technically, with unknown and possibly disastrous consequences from radiation, but also unwise geopolitically — it would violate arms treaties that the United States has signed and championed over the decades and do so at a time when President Obama is pushing for global nuclear disarmament.
i suggest you guys read the articles that are being linked.