Then they make make the greatest mistake in the history of mankind. We can kill every living thing on this planet and have enough left over for seconds. The content of 1 Ohio class boomer (240 .5 megaton warheads) will reduce them to a 3 rate country.
I had thought so, too.
But the experts at the Command Center tasked with being earliest in responding to them in 1970 across the straight in Taipei
said not. THEY said THEN that we did not have enough nukes to guarantee a win. And we've reduced them SINCE then.
What do I know. But I knew those people. They weren't lying.