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Originally Posted by jinlo
The argument to utilize tactical nuclear weapons does gain substance, however, when the epidemic rages across large cities having populations in the millions. You've got a large concentration of Zombies shambling across an area of 50 or more square miles with hundreds of steel and concrete buildings. There are countless roads and alleys, possibly an underground rail system, as well as tunnels, bridges, and waterways. It's going to be a real problem to root out all the undead. And remember, it only takes one overlooked Zombie to start another horde. As derrell noted, there is also a large probability of non-infected survivors holed up in some apartment building or hiding in the back of convenience stores.
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You bring up an excellent point. Even if a point is reached when the zombie hoard have been more or less exterminated, I fear our military and civilian police services are ill trained and ill equipped to conduct thorough search and destroy clearance operations in large metropolitan locations.
As you say, it only takes one undead to spark off the entire problem again - with even less chance of curbing the onslaught due to serious lack of funds and resources (which will have been used up in the first wave of attacks).
Work should immediately begin on a zombie detection device. How this would work is beyond my techincal knowledge. Perhaps if experiments can be conducted on zombies to identify a chemical pheromone (or similar) that is unique to them, then a detection device can be constructed.
Either that or lure them out with 'bait'. Possibly the elderly or small children.