naturalgasbad to World News@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoThe role of nuclear weapons in a Taiwan crisiswww.atlanticcouncil.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkThe role of nuclear weapons in a Taiwan crisiswww.atlanticcouncil.orgnaturalgasbad to World News@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareAlsephina@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoEven weirder since China is one of the only two countries with a no-first-use nuclear policy (the other being India). This is pretty much just inviting the mainland to nuke Taiwan (and the US?) by nuking them first.
minus-squarefiloria@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·4 months agoIf any nukes get used against China, all gloves come off. China’s NFU policy is pretty clear on that. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington? All wiped off the map. That’s the cost of a nuclear first strike against a conventionally-armed foe. The US is treating Israel and Taiwan as though they are American territories. This is the natural consequence.
Even weirder since China is one of the only two countries with a no-first-use nuclear policy (the other being India).
This is pretty much just inviting the mainland to nuke Taiwan (and the US?) by nuking them first.
If any nukes get used against China, all gloves come off. China’s NFU policy is pretty clear on that.
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington? All wiped off the map. That’s the cost of a nuclear first strike against a conventionally-armed foe.
The US is treating Israel and Taiwan as though they are American territories. This is the natural consequence.