The nuetron bomb was designed to have a minimal blast area, and a large, short term radiation zone. The idea was that items with large amounts of metal, such as tanks, would be irradiated and put the crews out of service. Then NATO troops would move in, clean up the contaminated metals, and the cities would not be affected as much. I think the big fear was that it reversed the normal order of targets. It was designed to attack people and allow buildings to survive. Mentally, the world could not handle that concept.

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