Talk:Aura/@comment-49.151.74.195-20150214150038/@comment-24891101-20150214233456

I, of all people, know full well the size of Vale, and the size of the planet. And they've likely used nukes before. But it becomes very easy to use such a weapon, and overuse it. That would lead to significant contamination, if they just spam them away from population centers.

But there's the other side. What's the point? if you're targeting Grimm away from population centers, then you're targeting Grimm which don't affect anyone. They're just out there in the wilderness, hundreds of miles from anyone. There's little point. You scour an area of Grimm, and then they repopulate. You've achieved no advantage.

Tactical nukes have been investigated, but they've proven to be a pretty stupid thing (Davy Crockett being the shining example). You don't use nukes as a close support weapon, and so they have very limited utility.

I'd contest, too, that Glynda could redirect a missile. Though we'd first have to establish what manner of missile we are discussing. Do you mean a missile from a MANPADS, an anti-armor missile, a ballistic missile, an AShM, a cruise missile, an ABM, an AAM, an AGM, a SAM,or what?

And I'd say everyone has to know about Aura. Jaune's ignorance is plot contrivance to allow an infodump. It's only the most powerful tool of early mankind and of the most lionized figures in their culture.