Nuclear Missile (Civ5)

Nuclear missile
Bomb unit of the Information Era
Introduced in Civilization V
Cost
Production	1000
Production	1000
Stats
Range	12
Range	12
Required
Technology	Advanced ballistics
Resource	2  Uranium
Notes
Cannot be intercepted (Evasion 100) Does massive damage to cities and units within blast radius

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Game Info

Advanced nuclear weapon of the Information Era. Delivered via a Guided Missile. Requires Manhattan Project and 2 Uranium.

• Common traits:
  • Based in cities, Missile Cruisers and Nuclear Submarines
• Special traits:
  • Blast radius (2 tiles)
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Evasion (100)

Strategy

The Nuclear Missile is an upgraded, more powerful version of the Atomic Bomb, and the ultimate weapon of the warmonger. The nuclear warhead is delivered with the more advanced Guided Missile, which makes it almost impossible to stop (short of destroying the unit that carries it before it is launched). It must be stationed in any city you own or aboard a Nuclear Submarine or Missile Cruiser. With a range of 12, a Nuclear Missile will heavily damage cities and destroy all units within its blast radius of 2 tiles. It is automatically destroyed when it attacks. See the rules on Nuclear Weapons for more details.

The nuclear attack, as usual, produces a deadly Fallout in its blast radius, which makes the land unusable until it can be scrubbed clean by a Worker.

Unlike Atomic Bombs, Nuclear Missiles will completely destroy cities with a Population Population of 4 or less, reducing them to ruins. Only capital cities cannot be destroyed in this way, and due to city states only ever having one city, neither can city states.

Be aware, however, that the missile does not distinguish between friend or foe, and will damage or destroy any units within the radius of its explosion regardless of their allegiance.

Historical Info

Nuclear missiles carry one or more warheads containing hydrogen bombs, each capable of destroying a city. Capable of carrying their deadly payload halfway around the world, nuclear missiles are the single deadliest and most terrible weapons ever created. At present there are no practical defenses against nuclear missiles: once launched, barring a miracle, the target city is dead. In addition to the immediate destruction caused by the huge explosion, nuclear explosions poison the land, sea and air for generations to come. Errant wind can carry the deadly nuclear fallout for miles, poisoning the land and killing people across a continent. It is fairly insane to use them on an enemy that one shares a planet with, unless it is to forestall that enemy from using them on oneself.