Originally posted by willy_principal
What?!?!!?...
Thermo Nuclear bombs launched from space...where did you read that?
That's what i call, a MASSACRE!!!
a dozen of them could easily render a planet useless...
(except if those where the new 'clean' bombs....fission-fussion, 95% less radiation than normal fission-only nuclear bombs )
Well, there's a strong hint in the FSRefBible that bombs were used against civvie targets (albeit not ground based ones) during the TV war;
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GTM - N1 HARBINGERFusion bomb surrounded by 3 salted fission bombs; propulsion unit is a half-size version of a regulation GTA fighter thruster (Class II); given the weight of the payloads, the missile is slow despite the power of the thruster; as the Harbinger is exceptionally large, GTA fighters and bombers are limited to carrying 2 of these weapons at any given time; the resultant shock wave from this weapon is potentially deadly, due to the size of the payloads (5000 Mt in total); use near allied installations or allied ship groupings is strongly discouraged by the GTA; most effective when used in preemptive defensive strike against non-military installations.
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(this presumably applies to strikes on Vasudan installations; the Shivans simply don't have anything that would apply here)
And, of course, the Lucifer bombarded Vasuda prime to dust;
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COMMAND BRIEFING 2
Destruction of Vasuda Prime
This brings me to the reason for this briefing. As some of you may have already heard, shortly after the destruction of the Galatea at nineteen-hundred last night, we received word that the Shivan Lucifer made the jump to Vasuda Prime. The Lucifer fleet bombarded Vasuda Prime from orbit for thirteen hours straight.
COMMAND BRIEFING 3
Aftermath of Vasuda Attack
Most escaping transport ships were destroyed. All major Vasudan cities were leveled, and most of the landmass was rendered uninhabitable. All of our attacks launched from the nearby installations were defeated.
We have lost contact with all Terran ships in the area, but it appears that the Shivan fleet has now moved on. It's estimated that four billion innocent Vasudans lost their lives in the attack.
Terran Command is preparing to help evacuate all survivors to other habitable worlds in the area.
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EDIT;
[q]New Technology: Harbinger Bomb
The Harbinger will assist us greatly in any attacks against capital ships. Until recently, Harbingers were reserved for planetary attacks only. With this project nearing completion, we may be able to finally defeat the Lucifer.[/q]
There you go; a 2500MT bomb used for planetary attacks (the 5000MT figure above applies to the payload of 2 which a GTVA ship is limited to carrying)
