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Old 3rd May 2021, 03:38
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Originally Posted by etudiant
I was unclear, I meant that there are only a handful of big cities in the US, so a Chinese force of 200 warheads is ample to deal with those, which is the basis of deterrence.
The much larger number of such cities in China is of course addressed by the much larger US arsenal, although presumably part of that is reserved for other potential targets.
Either way, there is such excess nuclear capability that the established players know it is not a usable tool. Whether new entrants such as North Korea share that view is unclear
Do you feel that you might not be informed enough to be commenting on the targeting priorities of the Chinese?
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