Existing "dial in" Varyable yield nuclear weapons. The B-61 5-340Kt as NATO/US main gravity bomb.

[solemn fog]

The W-80 as the main cruise missle warhead with 5-150Kt varyable yield.Existing models can be taken from the webb fir both weapons.

[tiny tinsel]

how would the missiles know what yield to use?

[solemn fog]

As in realife pre flight with the programming device. A laptop linked to a decoder/weapon controller block pluged into the weapon you can decrypt it ,encrypt it again , change yield , make it inoperable , prep it for disasembly etc etc . Ingame you can just scrowl the yield and select it before you get into the plane. There are also posibilities for the nuclear control device onboard which performs the last arming just at the point of drop , to manually change yield while inflight based on your judgment. Ingame tgat would be a button like page up page down etc...

[peak kiln]

everyone would always pick the highest possible yield so might as well only add that

[solemn fog]

Not if you have yourself and friends too close to the target. Also interesting about the b61 it is retarded by a huge parachute but at certain height over ground if its going to be used in the ground pen mode ,rocket motors fire acelerate and spin it a few hundred meters before hiting the ground ,simultaneously detaching the parachute.

[tiny tinsel]

very rarely see that being the case, and if it is the case why not just use the standard bombsnukes?

[vital cosmos]

set to max, Yeet, try not to die.

[solemn fog]

20 kilotons is quite the restricted range for such weapons , given theme of the game and actual potential with the visuals and everything large explosions would be cinematic enough to be used as a visual reference in reality.

[warped oracle]

Just so everyone knows if this is a thing I'd always set it to max and slap whomever is in a Chicane with it, basically playing the ultimate game of horse shoes and hand grenades

@solemn fog also do remember I'd be able to use these also which could have some "unfortunate consequences"

[carmine tide]

kind of sums up late-game Escalation actually

yeet or get yeeted

[warped oracle]

@carmine tide or in the great word of Benjamin Franklin "stay strapped or get clapped"

[half panther]

A 20kt is enough to take out an airfield of any size, we don't really have anything bigger we need exploded

[warped oracle]

20kt gravity bomb when?

I would be able to snag so may air 2 air nuke kills lol

[half panther]

I could finally take the final objective with a single drop

[crude perch]

Hey bud, I'm all for higher yield nukes, but uh... Rule 1 for suggestion forum: "Do not request your favourite aircraft/vehicle/weapon (real or fictional) to be duplicated in Nuclear Option."

[solemn fog]

Aha , havent read those , well its mainly a call for higher yield weapons, since I play the game only for visuals and nukes.

[half panther]

stop asking, and read the rules-

[grim siren]

Rather than yield, maybe something that can be switched between ground burst and air burst. It would give the nerds who want a nuke they can play with before they drop it what they want, and would be potentially useful.

[small gull]

To be honest, there have been situations where the 1.5kt was too small, and the 250kt was too powerful and risked destroying friendly targets, so being able to dial it to another preset would be advantageous to maximizing destruction of targets while minimizing friendly casualties

[placid bear]

Sometimes 250kt is small too

[small gull]

I'll actively advocate for 1 megaton bombs for this game, but I'm guessing it would make more sense on a bigger map

[placid bear]

Soviet KH-15N has dial up to 500kt

While being both AShM and LACM

And min yield is around 20kt

[hushed mason]

turn the ALNDs into that

[bold cloud]

You forgot 20kt cruise

[placid bear]

https://tenor.com/view/highfleet-intro-gif-1579526153306237295

[grim siren]

Give me hydrogen bombs!!!

[small gull]

You need the Darkreach for that, which is a late game vehicle if you’re playing escalation

[warped oracle]

I don't think you guys want me to have bigger nukes