The Pentagon just wargamed that scenario as part of its effort to determine what it needs for 21st-century deterrence.
By Marcus Weisgerber; DefenseOne:
As the U.S. military reviews the makeup of its nuclear arsenal, among the questions being asked is: Can two nuclear powers fight a conventional war without going nuclear?
Just last week, this scenario was among the mock battles when U.S. Strategic Command ran its annual Global Thunder nuclear wargame, Army Brig. Gen. Greg Bowen, the command’s deputy director of global operations, said Thursday at the Defense One Summit.
“It gets into a very difficult calculus,” Bowen said. “It’s clearly a place that we don’t want to go.”
That’s because when one country begins to lose a conventional battle, there is a temptation to use those nuclear weapons.
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