And it was out of action for a while. But you’re right about the land bases. They are fairly obsolete too, compared to mobile missile launchers which cost peanuts and will have disappeared by the time retribution arrives. And it is a huge country with many desolate areas, ideal for hiding missiles and launchers. So mini-nukes won’t eliminate much apart from population – and then you have the fall-out wafting wherever the wind takes it.
But, generals are always fighting the last war. It’s the people that have to “make do” that come up with new ideas.
