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Nukes can easily be sent between planets. With sufficient tech you can even make nuclear shaped charges.



The distance give you more advance warning, making it more realistic to intercept them.


The only reason nuclear interception is even plausible is thanks to the atmosphere. Was it not for the atmosphere, you could wrap the warheads in inflatable mylar balloons, and send in tens of millions of identical but empty balloons. Unless you have the capability of intercepting 30 million+ objects, you would not be able to intercept an interplanetary nuclear attack, even one levied with current technology.




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