Israelis and Palestinians in the Twilight War

[Raellus]

Might the Soviets try to use nuclear weapons on the Suez canal? I don't know much about the canal itself, and realize that nukes might not be able to close it completely, but I can see the Soviets wanting to stop or seriously hinder traffic through the canal and once nuclear weapons are in play, it might become a target.

[adimar]

Might the Soviets try to use nuclear weapons on the Suez canal? I don't know much about the canal itself, and realize that nukes might not be able to close it completely, but I can see the Soviets wanting to stop or seriously hinder traffic through the canal and once nuclear weapons are in play, it might become a target.

As far as I know, unlike the panama canal, The Suez doesn't depend on a lock system. So simply nuking it would not cause a terminal disruption. Maybe if the nuke was an especially dirty nuke than it would render the canal impassable dew to poisoning the crew. But other than that...

Adi