the REACTOR'S nuke material part of the fallout cloud. One upwind of each of Chicago, NYC, and LA would shove the US back into the 1800's, result in the death of 200 million plus people, inside of a year. Virtually no other country could withstand ONE such hit, either. Just how many countries you THINK you can go to war with, hmm? So, yes, a dozen backpack nukes would suffice to make you "non-<font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font>-withable".
little pissant raids,yes. Major invasions, no.