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Hey, a monkey with a nuclear bomb is arguabley scarier then a human with one. So no, the aliens will probably get 'merica-ed before they realize that we are the monkey with the nuclear bomb
Your analogy is lacking. Being technologically behind does not make us the monkey with the nuke, it makes us the human with the rock. Aliens able to travel to earth will have a very easy way to deal with "bad thing flying fast towards us".
I don't know what about you but a shitty little grenade is still a huge problem to anyone unprepared, so is a nuke.
Whatever is powering the ship they arrive in puts out more energy than a nuke and that thing would be running for far longer than an explosion. They're not gonna give a shit about the nuke. At best, you'll singe the hull, assuming point defense doesn't blast your piddly little bomb out of the sky first.