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Originally Posted by Doodlebug
No two nuclear powers have ever gone to war, with the possible exception of the india pakistan conflict of 1999 (fairly minor). No way either side allows a situation too develop that could potentially risk the US and Russian military's directly squaring off with one another.
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Except it won't go nuclear even if both sides get into a shooting battle, unless the United States or Russia gets attacked directly.
India and Pakistan at times have been frightening because they share a border and a genetically encoded hatred of one another.
In a regional war it won't go nuclear.