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    Truman gives MacArthur the go-ahead for nuking China during the Korean War

    I'd agree that escalation is more likely than backing off short of dictating victory in Korea. But getting crews and bombs together for escalated strikes in quantity will still take time. If for some reason in 51 they were only prepared to start with 9, it means they weren't physically capable...
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    Truman gives MacArthur the go-ahead for nuking China during the Korean War

    With just nine fission nukes applied according the Yalu river transit region (option I), there's a 50/50 chance of causing major operational/logistical problems for the Chinese and North Korean forces in North Korea if combined with conventional UN forces tactical full court press. But the...
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    Truman gives MacArthur the go-ahead for nuking China during the Korean War

    As a "bonus" for American capitalists, the early destruction of the Communist alternative and drastic lowering of standard of living "expectations" by the Eurasian population allows them to outsource low-end and then middle-end manufacturing to cheap labor Eurasia decades earlier, undermining...
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    Truman gives MacArthur the go-ahead for nuking China during the Korean War

    Just eliminating some city centers in China with small numbers of fission bombs is far from adequate to overthrow the Communist regime. It may not be adequate to cripple Communist force logistics in Korea either. I would note US atomic delivery capacity is much more formidable by...
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