I suppose that's true, but it's still positioned as the focal point or climax of the film I think.

But Nolan intentionally hamstrung himself by eschewing CGI in favor of practical effects. I mean in theory you could do a practical effect of a nuke but that requires detonating a nuke; the west hasn't done that since 1992, the last nuclear detonation was done by North Korea in 2017.

Dont worry, the US will be doing it soon too

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2026/05/21/why_pre...