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Lyle J. Goldstein, National Interest: Forget North Korea: This Is What a Chinese Nuclear Attack on America Would Look Like
As one can see from this discussion, there is ample reason for anxiety with many new Chinese nuclear systems now coming online, as well as substantial reason for optimism. As an author who frequently rides China’s high-speed rail, I am acutely aware that astronomical sums of money spent on that system could just as easily have been spent building an enormous arsenal of nuclear weaponry. That was not done and it’s certainly good that Chinese leaders have their priorities straight. American strategists need to keep this Chinese restraint in mind, especially as they weigh both new, expensive weapons systems (missile defense augmentation, the new strategic bomber, SSBN-X and also prompt global strike) and a set of measures to counter Beijing within the maritime disputes on its flanks.
When one reads enough Chinese naval literature, diagrams of multi-axial cruise missile saturation attacks against aircraft carrier groups may begin to seem normal. However, one particular graphic from the October 2015 issue (p. 32) of the naval journal Naval & Merchant Ships [舰船知识] stands out as both unusual and singularly disturbing. It purports to map the impact of a Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) strike by twenty nuclear-armed rockets against the United States.
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WNU Editor: When it comes to Chinese nuclear weapons .... for as long as I can remember .... nothing much is known about the Chinese nuclear stockpile, capabilities, doctrine .... and more importantly .... their future plans. The above post makes that point abundantly clear.
2 comments:
no need for China to attack us unless Walmart stops using their stuff
If China attacks the US, China will be completely destroyed within hours, Russia will come in from the flank and land grab whatever is not radioactive for the next few decades. India will grab some too. Even Japan may pay China a visit to kick them while they're down.
The US would be badly wounded with most cities destroyed by the hundreds of warheads China has. Mexicans would rush across the border to see if they can plunder or help. Surviving Americans would shoot every stranger they see in the southern states. Canada would get a lot of refugees. Mexico would get raiders coming from the states, heavily armed..likely clashing with Mexican military. South America would get flooded with some Americans too.
Europe would help the US to rebuild. China would be, as the aggressor, left to die, a glimpse in history.
As no Chinese wants -that-, instead of their glorious place in history as rulers of the earth, this scenario is stupid and won't happen
The end :p
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