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To: PGR88

Better yet would be a few tactcal sized nukes aimed at the Three Gorges dam.


7 posted on 03/07/2015 9:03:11 PM PST by Sparticus (Tar and feathers for the next dumb@ss Republican that uses the word bipartisanship.)
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To: Sparticus
Better yet would be a few tactcal sized nukes aimed at the Three Gorges dam.

Such a decision would have to come after a lot of very deep thought. About 75 million Chinese live downstream of the Three Gorges Dam, and an attack on that dam by Taiwan would lead to such a massive nuclear response from China that it would be more akin to nuclear saturation than nuclear warfare. While targeting the dam seems like a doable thing, the fact remains that it is a consideration that I am 100% certain Taipei would never consider due to the consequences that would follow a successful attack (even an unsuccessful attack would kill tens of thousands of people based on some published research on what a large landslide would do).

9 posted on 03/08/2015 4:22:47 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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