• someguy3@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    They consider Taiwan part of China. They would see nuking Taiwan as nuking their own left hand. Very unlikely.

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      2 days ago

      As I said, I completely agree regarding the island itself. I see that even the atmospheric use might be unrealistic there.

      But if the US establishes that the use of tactical nukes is acceptable, I doubt they’d have the same qualms when it comes to ships or drones of the US Navy.