This reminds me of the thread where it was stated that Syria sunk an Israeli submarine and Israel responded by using a tactical nuke against Syria.
So, did you believe that story?
1. Israel has been hitting Syria with small tactical nukes.
2. Russia sank a German made Israeli (nuclear armed) spy sub off the coast of Syria.
Tactical nukes are as old as ggreg.
They've been shot out of US Howitzers since the 1950s.
Dolphin class German subs... Israel isn't buying them for their tourist industry.
Israel inagurates 5th Dolphin Class Sub
These are deadly boys... playing with deadly toys.
The only "evidence" of nukes in Syria I have seen was a Youtube video that someone posted here a while ago. It was a large explosion but was clearly an exploding ammo dump. I have seen that type of explosion before and that was definitely it.
What idiots who post on internet forums don't understand is that the tactical niche for nukes is incredibly small. Short of an all-out M.A.D. war, the only use for a tac nuke is:
1. A "Fulda Gap" type scenario when a vastly outnumbered force uses a nuclear airburst over large enemy formation. This was a standard NATO plan during the Cold War (and is probably still in the files somewhere). The idea was that if Russian forces advanced mopre quickly than expected in a hypothetical invasion of Germany, small tactical nukes and chemical weapons would be utilized to destroy enemy spearheads to buy time for reinforcements to be brought over from the US and other NATO countries (i.e. REFORGER). This was a last resort.
2. To destroy hardened nuclear missile silos. This last has been almost completely been rendered meaningless by the development of bunker-busting conventional weapons which are vastly more inexpensive then even the smallest nuke and much easier to deliver to the target.
If there are any other uses, I am not aware of them.
It makes no sense for Israel to use it's relatively small nuclear arsenal (~200 doesn't sound like much, unless you remember that the US has 5000+ and Russian 8000+) in Syria, especially when the potential international backlash would be enormous. The Jєωs may be powerful but they're not stupid either. Unlike some ignorant posters on here who believe everything they read on the internet.