Nuclear weapon (Generals)

Overview
Nuclear weapons, ranging from small tactical nukes such as those fired from a Nuke Cannon to the far more powerful nuclear missiles fired from a Nuclear Missile Silo, were quite common place during the GLA conflict. China was the leader of nuclear technology with General Tsing Shi Tao at the forefront most of their research. While the USA did have the resources to build and deploy nuclear weapons they chose not to as keeping collateral damage to a minimal was a must for their military operations. The GLA did not have the knowledge nor the resources to build nuclear weapons on their own but they did have many black market ties from which they could purchase one. In times of desperation they would even steal nukes directly from the Chinese or the Americans.

Use in History
The very first deployment of a nuclear weapon of war was by the Americans against the Japanese in World War II. It was a fission type bomb with the power of approximately 6 kilotons of TNT. After the ending of World War II an increasing arms build up between the United States and the Soviet Union lead to the Cold War which lasted for nearly 60 years. By the time the Soviet Union ad dissolved they had sold millions of dollars worth of military hardware and equipment. As much of the GLA's hardware is of Soviet in origin it is conceivable that some of the nuclear weapons acquired could also old Soviet nukes.