But wouldn tactical nuclear war at sea cause severe environmental damage and run the constant risk of escalation to a global thermonuclear exchange?
Absolutely, positively, yes! I go into this more and more in each book. I won’t give away the plots, but the danger of the tactical nuclear fighting spilling over onto land, or of escalating into intercontinental strategic H-bomb war, is ever-present and is an important part of the saga. I’m not writing comfort food here, folks — I’m trying instead to help you think the unthinkable, because I do believe that information is power, and forewarned is fore-armed…. Also, environmental damage is definitely very bad in this type of war scenario, and gets worse as the saga progresses — which is one more powerful motivation for Jeffrey Fuller and the good guys to make sure they win ASAP! But, dear reader, let’s look at some facts of real history: The U.S., in the early Cold War, set off about 100 nuclear weapons in the continental U.S. homeland, mostly in Nevada, in the open air. The total yield of these in-atmosphere blasts was about 1 megaton. That makes the average yield of each separate
