Why not just put the nuke on a boat and sail it to Manhattan? One wouldn't have to use a freighter (that would be inspected), just a large cabin cruiser (which could more plausibly slip through any Coast Guard security procedures, which as I understand it concentrate on larger ships).
Yes, I know ground-level blasts aren't as destructive as blasts at altitude are - but that might be an argument in favour of doing it this way in this case. Less immediate destruction means more wounded and fewer outright-dead, which will put a strain on the medical infrastructure and keep supers with healing powers busy.
And that might be just what the mastermind wants...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Yes, I know ground-level blasts aren't as destructive as blasts at altitude are - but that might be an argument in favour of doing it this way in this case. Less immediate destruction means more wounded and fewer outright-dead, which will put a strain on the medical infrastructure and keep supers with healing powers busy.
And that might be just what the mastermind wants...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012