February 14th C.E.70, facing with defeat and failing their strategic goal, Admiral William Sutherland onboard Alliance carrier Roosevelt ordered the Peacemaker Nuclear Task Force to launch, targeting the illegal agricultural colonies of PLANT. Intending to complete their mission of sabotaging PLANTs food production capability no matter what.
-From Gundam Seed RE, the manga. Although it heavily condensed and change the show's event (cutting out alot of content) in order to show off redesigned mechs, the manga did show us the nuclear strike in detail. Showing the desperation of Zaft trying to prevent a nuclear strike on the homeland. Ofc, it is kinda questionable just how "canon" these kind of non-animated stuff is.
