Nuclear deterrence would be key in a Taiwan crisis, in part because a PLA amphibious fleet would be vulnerable to a US nuclear strike.
  • Arthur BesseAEnglish
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    9 months ago

    TLDR:

    screenshot of paragraph from the article saying "Deterrence of Chinese conventional aggression against Taiwan requires more than conventional deterrence alone. It also requires intrawar deterrence of PRC limited nuclear escalation, and it may, under some circumstances, require a credible threat to use nuclear weapons first to counter Chinese conventional superiority." with "use nuclear weapons first" highlighted

    same old Atlantic Council pushing for nuclear war again