Excellent points.
But the Chinese
1. Really don't care THAT much how many of their people survive--they are certain that MORE of them will--sufifient numbers to be king of the smoldering hill.
2. Therefore, they really don't care how many of their missles get through, they figure it will be enough to devastate us more than we devastate them--given their population and vast country with most folks living in the countryside, still.
They aren't much more vast than the CONUS, with much higher population density.
1. Really don't care THAT much how many of their people survive--they are certain that MORE of them will--sufifient numbers to be king of the smoldering hill.
2. Therefore, they really don't care how many of their missles get through, they figure it will be enough to devastate us more than we devastate them--given their population and vast country with most folks living in the countryside, still.
Nonsense. If they didn't care how many people they would lose, they would be in Taiwan by now. If you believe the lives of the people in the countryside won't be affected by a nuclear attack, you are living in a fantasy world. The Chinese are not insane.