Just to reinforce my point...



The next big war will inevitably see the large-scale use of nuclear weapons, in the same way that WW2 saw the use of all the new weapons that came in at the end of WW1. (tanks, bombers, etc)

If anyone has played DEFCON, then you'll know as well as me that when the missiles start flying, there is very little hope. In a massive full scale nuclear war, even with the imaginary defences in the game, over half the missiles still get in. Deathtolls reach the tens of millions. No one wins. Everyone loses.