can't figure out how to use nukes

[starburst]

I'm obviously missing something here because everybody seems to know what to do when using nukes. I haven't got a clue. The info says use set policy mission.

Sending an agent on set nation policy before or during a war doesn't seem to give me an option to launch North Korea's nukes. I thought you activated via the nation policy mission and in addition I would have thought retaliatory strikes would always be possible.
Nukes just sat in their silos and we got overrun, nuked, overrun and nuked .. and several more. .. never could launch em.

What am I missing here ?

[jt]

If you select a region of a nuclear state you have executive control over a nuclear warning symbol will pop up in the top left, in between the top resource bar and the info box for the state.

You then click on this button and then go and click on the region of an enemy (or one of your own with an enemy army on it) and then give the go ahead to launch.

Fair warning, any nuke launch on enemy territory of another nuclear power will result in them nuking your territory. You will not have a fun time if this happens.

[Akameka]

When you get the government point of a country who has nukes ( the last point), you get acces to their nuclear arsenal. When you select the country, there is a nuclear icon at the top left of the screen, you can use it to launch nukes at your ennemies.

Not very advised as it destroys GDP but good to know. Also don't nuke a country who also has nukes or is allied to a country who has nukes, or you, and the world too, will pay it dearly.

[starburst]

Thanks all.

Ah, so there IS an icon somewhere . I looked everywhere for some such.
I'll have to look next time I do a run. I knew it must live somewhere. No saves for the demo to reload unfortunately,

I had engineered a war perfectly that I could that I walk away from but then I couldn't find the button to push and my own allies nuked my agents who were frigging about instead of being somewhere else.