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{{quote|"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. [[
a.k.a Deus Ex Pyrobolō Atomicō by those who don't know their [[Canis Latinicus]].
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*** Many of the crewmen of the nearby armor units got them too. NBC Protection for the win
* In [[Larry Niven]] and Jerry Pournelle's novel ''[[Footfall (Literature)|Footfall]]'', an [[Alien Invasion|alien invader]] is fought off using an [[Orion Drive]] spaceship launched from near Tacoma, Washington.
* ''The Tango Briefing'' (1973) by Adam Hall. British spy [[Quiller]] must use a small nuclear weapon (what we'd now call a backpack nuke, though it's a [
* In Lester del Rey's short story ''For I Am a Jealous People!'' aliens invade Earth. The news is all bad and human nuclear weapons don't seem to detonate. Later, it is discovered that replacing the electronic detonators with {{spoiler|human suicide volunteers}} does work. Only the protagonist knows the reason why is that {{spoiler|God himself has told the aliens to [[Kill All Humans]]}} and he is causing the detonators to fail (along with "natural" disasters).
* ''The Golden Rendezvous'' by Alistair MacLean. The villains have hijacked a ship full of gold bullion, and plan to blow it up using a [[Empty Quiver|stolen nuke]]. When asked why a nuke would be necessary (they already have amatol explosive as a backup) the protagonist points out that entire magazines of explosives blew up on vessels during the war, yet still left survivors. This still doesn't explain why the villains don't [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check|just sell the nuke]].
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** In "[[My Greatest Failure|Obsession]]," the vampire cloud, which has been freely munching on the crew, finally heads home to reproduce. Kirk beams down to the planet [[Where It All Began]] to deliver a chunk of antimatter. When it {{spoiler|blows, it rips half the planet's atmosphere away}}.
** In "The Immunity Syndrome," the ''Enterprise'' must deliver an anti-matter bomb to the {{spoiler|nucleus of the giant space amoeba}}. In a twist, Mr. Spock volunteers for a separate {{spoiler|suicide mission}}, to deliver the probe that enables Kirk to target the nucleus.
* Apparently a favorite trope of Capt. Sheridan ([[Fan Nickname]] "Nuke'em Johnny") on ''[[
** In the prequel movie ''In The Beginning'', Sheridan employs a nuclear minefield to destroy the Minbari flagship, the Black Star.
** In the episode ''Z'ha'dum'', Sheridan loads a White Star with two 500 megaton nukes and steers it into the Shadows' capitol city.
*** In fact, he had the ship wait in orbit and had it programmed to arm the nukes and home in to the signal of his communicator. Which was in his hand at that moment. He gets better, But not without consequences.
** In the episode "Into the Fire", Sheridan lures both major races into an area mined with hundreds of 500 megaton nukes to cause a decisive battle.
** In the [[Non
* In a rare female example, Boomer delivers a nuke to {{spoiler|a Cylon base star}} in ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''.
** Another {{spoiler|female}} example occurs in "Razor" {{spoiler|by Kendra Shaw who has to stay behind and arm the warhead manually}}.
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