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Wenin said:Now if you're Iran, would you really only use ONE nuke?
So really it's Y nukes at Israel.
Y + X = A lot of nukes
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I agree here...
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ASSUMING that Pakistan isn't going to sit idly by.
W nukes at India
Z nukes at Pakistan
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...but this almost seems like a non-sequitur. I can't think of any reason at all that Iran vs. Israel would cause Pakistan to hit India.
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Then we have 3 NUKES at the US from North Korea
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Only if Israel doesn't have enough nukes to glass Iran, we decide to finish the job, and N. Korea decides it's coming next anyway.
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US Nukes North Kora
US Nukes China for safe measure
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This would be suicidal; why would we nuke such a large trade partner?
I personally don't believe we would attack China even it it forcibly retook Taiwan.
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The ONLY way MAD works is if EVERYONE at the table knows that EVERYONE dies..... AND THEY ALL HAVE TO CARE.
Does Iran care? Will they always care?
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The general fear that Iran doesn't care is what's spawning this debate.
I find it ironic that this thread came up on the very same day that I, for the first time, encountered a solo game situation where sun-busters look like my best option.