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Originally Posted by Vaman
HUh??
I dont understand. Could you explain please?
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In the early 1970s, the Soviets planned a massive nuclear strike supported invasion of northern China, specifically to the Chinese nuclear weapons facilities at Lop Nor. So ready were the Soviets that Brezhnev asked Nixon for support for such a strike to which Nixon replied that the US would view such an action with the gravest of consequences. I don't think Brezhnev believed Nixon would have gone to war over China but it would mean a weakend hand against the US when the Soviets were committed to China.
What's been known now is that the Chinese could have done crap all in the retallitory area. All their rockets aimed at the USSR were armed with HE, not nukes (the warheads were not reliable enough - incidently, the same plans that got into Pakistan's hands). The few planes that were nuke capable would have had a hard time penetrating Soviet air defences.
The Chinese bluffed and it worked - ONCE.
Don't think the Iranians are in any position to bluff yet.