Talk:Rushima/@comment-138.75.148.218-20160515112931/@comment-10733658-20160526090204

Well, first and foremost, Japan is a nation that is incredibly opposed to the use of Nuclear Weapons for reasons that shouldn't need to be explained. The Japan of Tokyo Ghoul doesn't seem to be that different from real world Japan, so that sentiment is probably also true. The country has various treaties and portions of their Constitution that limit or restrict the usage of such weapons.

But I'm guessing we're simply talking in terms of bombing, as opposed to actual nuclear weapons. I suppose there could be several reasons for that, but the most obvious is simply that it wouldn't make for good storytelling. Simply blowing up Aogiri's base means we don't have the Rushima conflict. There's no battles between the characters we know and care about. Just BOOM and it's over.

In terms of the story, maybe they don't have access to military-grade explosions ordinances? Perhaps they are launching a ground offensive because they don't want to destroy the island, because there are things on it they want to capture. Kanou's research, perhaps? Anything that Eto might have there, that could be useful to V? A ton of good Quinque material, that would otherwise be destroyed?