What is it that is preventing everybody from just getting straight to the point on nuclear arms? The only possible reason has to be because of the arrogance of the military mindset.
Nuclear weapons, the only really effective WMD, are strictly intended as a defensive deterrent. It's quite ridiculous to contemplate China standing up to the US in a war that goes nuclear, but the US or China are both prohibited from using nukes because of the counter strike. In the case of these two, the US will never have the confidence to rule out China getting a few through to the US.
Excepting in a case of rationality not being the deciding factor, and that is somewhat possible when a psychopath is at the helm. With a war hungry hawk by his side in Bolton.
Could it be that this discussion is still very alive and wasting everybody's time because of Trump?
Nuclear weapons, the only really effective WMD, are strictly intended as a defensive deterrent. It's quite ridiculous to contemplate China standing up to the US in a war that goes nuclear, but the US or China are both prohibited from using nukes because of the counter strike. In the case of these two, the US will never have the confidence to rule out China getting a few through to the US.
Excepting in a case of rationality not being the deciding factor, and that is somewhat possible when a psychopath is at the helm. With a war hungry hawk by his side in Bolton.
Could it be that this discussion is still very alive and wasting everybody's time because of Trump?
the military must consider these scenarios because that is what any competent military is tasked to do. think the unthinkable.
every major country with nukes has warplans that involve the use of nukes. in fact, Russian theory on nuclear use differs from the US. Russia has been rapidly developing "low-yield tactical nuclear weapons" over the last decade, because their theory of victory is "escalate to de-escalate". they know they are out-classed conventionally, so they believe in quick escalation to include use of low-yield nuclear weapons to deter the US/NATO from intervention, say in the Baltics.
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