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Originally Posted by Heir of the Void
There are ways it could be done in light of that concern, but in general the nuclear minefield setup is sub-optimal for a number of other reasons. Namely, ground-bursts and especially near-surface subterranean detonations do, in fact, produce fallout of the 'immediate local deterministic threat' sort. Plus, the effect of the blast and especially the IR flash will be reduced by any amount of terrain with such a low detonation point.
Further, its only when they reach your defense lines that the BETA need to concentrate their numbers to have the best odds of punching through; the minefield would thus need to the fairly close to the line to work, making the aforementioned fallout a much bigger concern.
Then, you need to bury the bombs in advance anywhere you might be attacked and leave them there, subject to wear and attrition, rather than keeping them secure on mobile launchers that can be moved to near where an attack will fall.
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I think only point of doing that is to detonate chosen nuke only when some group of Laser class is in area and when other methods to kill them fails. About attrition I say that hundreds of nukes are just laying in bases anyway.