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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Right now I would agree if we were talking Russia and America, because the nuclear forces number literally makes war unwinnable. China while a nuclear power doesn't have the offensive or accurate counterforce numbers to ensure mad. If there was a nuclear exchange between China and the U.S., that exchange is still winnable by the Americans.
For example China has about 240 warheads, I believe the Americans have about 5000 active and a equal number of inactive but not destroyed. The Ruskies have about 5000 active and I think 7 to 8 thousand stockpiled.
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I hardly think the Americans would consider getting nuked only 240 times "winning".