For Trump and the US right, breaking the nuclear taboo has always been thinkable | Paul Mason | Opinion | The Guardian
"Suppose Kim fires a nuclear-armed missile at Guam or Japan, then the US
hits two or three military targets in North Korea with nuclear bombs
and sinks Pyongyang’s navy. A short,
conventional war follows, destroying Seoul and most of North Korea. A
shocked China accepts it has miscalculated badly and does nothing in
response. That is probably the least destructive possible outcome of
what would be the first nuclear attack since 1945. But what would it
teach Russia and China? Practically, it would teach them that nuclear
weapons can be used with successful geopolitical outcomes. Morally, it
would teach them that nuclear annihilation is OK."
The first nuclear test, codenamed Trinity, took place on 16 July 1945 in New Mexico.
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