How does the nuke inventory work?

[migkillertwo]

Do nukes have to be assigned to vehicles a turn in advance, or can I pick any silo/sub/bomber at any time and have them drop a bomb?

FWIW, I would hope that they have to be assigned in advance. A first strike should be able to at least *suppress* an enemy's nuclear arsenal, but if nukes don't need to be assigned then I could literally respond with *all* of my nukes even if *all* of my silos and half of my airports are taken out.

Don't make first strikes impossible, just make them really difficult, requiring at least a 1.5-to-1 superiority, not a 5-to-1 superiority.

 

[atomfenrir]

Bump because I'm also interested and haven't seen this answered... hunch seems to be that nuclear "inventory" can be assigned to submarines, silos, and bombers?

 

[narmox]

Nukes don't need to be assigned as far as I can see. They're in the inventory, and are used on-the-fly with submarines, bombers or silos.

This makes first-strikes more dangerous and more of a MAD situation, which is kinda cool Unless you somehow manage to destroy all his bombers and subs and silos in the first strike

 

[Cyon]

Maybe you can only have as many devices as silos, subs and bombers? Like how trade routes work.

 

[joncnunn]

The only thing relating to this I saw was toward the end of Quill's Roman Let's Play.
It looked like the nukes themselves were safely in capital; until you hit the button something capable of nukes to launch it.
He built a lot of those devices; so I'm not seeing any hard limit. I do note though that each device cost something like 12 GPT per turn; so it carries its own cost.

 

[atomfenrir]

Sweet, cold war heaven!
*pushes the button*

I can see maintaining a sizable nuclear arsenal becoming very expensive, perhaps triggering the economic collapse of your horrible war mongering civ

 

[narmox]

Sweet, cold war heaven!
*pushes the button*

I can see maintaining a sizable nuclear arsenal becoming very expensive, perhaps triggering the economic collapse of your horrible war mongering civ

Just change to that civic which gives you gold every time you kill an enemy unit and start nuking, to bring your economy back on track

 

[Promethian]

Just change to that civic which gives you gold every time you kill an enemy unit and start nuking, to bring your economy back on track

Late game Meta strategy confirmed.