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Sea Kings, Vikings, and Orions dropping the B57 (called by some "a bucket of sunshine") was at one point in the cold war considered a viable ASW tactic.
However, you might want to note the following.
The B57 was produced from 1963 to 1967. 3,100 weapons were built, the last of which was retired in June 1993.
This roughly coincides with the follow on actions from an executive order signed by George H. W. Bush, president in 1991, to remove tactical nuclear weapons from US warships. Part of the peace dividend and post Cold War disarmament protocols and programs.
SAM, you are about twenty years out of date.
Also worthy of note: war is a political act, as are military acts of force short of war. The political fallout from dropping a nuclear depth bomb into the straits (if he had one to drop) is not something President Obama is willing to handle. There are allied nations in the Gulf Region who are absolutely
not keen on their little pond glowing green in various spots.
Bet money on that one, my friend.