Nuclear deterrence would be key in a Taiwan crisis, in part because a PLA amphibious fleet would be vulnerable to a US nuclear strike.
  • naturalgasbad@lemmy.caOP
    323·
    8 months ago

    The Atlantic Council, one of the most influential foreign policy think tanks in the US, advocates nuclear first use when US territories are not threatened.

    fucking lmfao

    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
      14·
      8 months ago

      As much as I hate it, I’m upvoting this just so people can finally get a grip about how fucking insane the AC really is.

    • AlsephinaEnglish
      111·
      8 months ago

      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.

      • filoria
        62·
        8 months ago

        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.

  • Arthur BesseAEnglish
    262·
    8 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

  • AlsephinaEnglish
    184·
    8 months ago

    Calling for a nuclear war in Taiwan against mainland China jfc.

    They want to turn it into another Ukraine, or worse.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
    51·
    8 months ago

    Great, thanks, all my existential crises were further out than 2027.

    Now I really have something to look forward to in the near future.