[2020] With the help of some 0.18 modding additions, I was able to give M.I.R.V a proper upgrade

Link to mod: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/MIRV

It used to be a little clunky to call down the nukes, so now it uses the artillery remote logic (which didn't exist 2 years ago when I first made the mod).

You can toggle the auto-target in the mod settings, along with whether to make pollution when it explodes or not (looks nice on the map too).

Internally now it uses a 'script trigger effect' which I added, which lets mods know when specific triggers happen, such as an artillery turret shooting at a nest.

It shares no code or logic from LOIC, and they work in fundamentally different ways.

Oh yea

There is a separate recipe for the M.I.R.V item, you put that in a rocket