They have the capacity, but that would be an unconditional failure. If the CCP nukes Taiwan during an expansionist war they started, not only do they not achieve their strategic goal of capturing Taiwan and reuniting China under their boot, it means that everyone in the world has a free pass and a duty to nuke the CCP back.
It's kinda sad we have to actually explain this sort of stuff to youngsters now, ain't it?
Like, they've never actually sat down and thought about the implications of being able to casually obliterate an opponent and how that capacity isn't really all it's cracked up to be.
They have the capacity, but that would be an unconditional failure. If the CCP nukes Taiwan during an expansionist war they started, not only do they not achieve their strategic goal of capturing Taiwan and reuniting China under their boot, it means that everyone in the world has a free pass and a duty to nuke the CCP back.
It's kinda sad we have to actually explain this sort of stuff to youngsters now, ain't it?
Like, they've never actually sat down and thought about the implications of being able to casually obliterate an opponent and how that capacity isn't really all it's cracked up to be.
You can, but what warrants it?