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So, you are going to immediately surrender? This is not how a war between US and Russia/China will unfold. It will start and proceed as a regular war.
by cynicalsecurity 2y ago
So, you are going to immediately surrender? This is not how a war between US and Russia/China will unfold. It will start and proceed as a regular war.
- pjc50 2y agoNeither side will use the nukes? Are you sure? Really, really, bet your life sure? (It's possible that there will be an "irregular" war where one or both sides are not officially flagged as such, but that's also going to be lower intensity. Arguably Ukraine is already in this state)
- hnbad 2y agoNo, you do what Iran (a potential nuclear power) did when Israel (a known nuclear power) committed an explicit act of war by bombing its consulate and killing some of its top brass: you respond with an appropriately measured but ultimately symbolic counter-attack and hope the other side understands that this is an opportunity to likewise exercise caution in its counter-counter-attack. Or you do what the US and Soviet Union did for most of the Cold War: a cold war involving proxies. Or you do what Russia did in Ukraine and the US did in Syria: covert operations with (diplomatically speaking) plausible deniability. A "war between US and Russia/China" would not start with a full-scale armed conflict. It would be a gradual escalation of force. Contrary to what cold war propaganda may have conveyed: the other side is rarely suicidal. At that scale it's more Realpolitik than 1980s Hollywood villain plots.