[moonshot925]

So we pop off a nuke in NVN and suddenly one goes off in Taiwan. Now what? Even with a 10-1 nuclear superiority, do you really want to get into a game of global tit-for-tat?

Then we would execute a preemptive first strike against the Soviet Union and China.

It is called "massive retaliation".

[Malone LaVeigh]

It is called "massive retaliation".

It was known as Mutually Assured Destruction. A fancy way of saying suicide.

[donozark]

There was actually a plan to insert SF Operators near Mu Gia Pass, through which most of NVA/war material passed. Idea being to dig small nuke into base of mountain, detonate, and thus close the pass.

Also, JASON report (secret scientific study) pretty much dissuaded LBJ from using nuclear weapons. Oddly enough, several scientists banded together to study such use after hearing LBJ saying "...we should toss in a few nukes once and awhile." Or words to that effect.