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Just a regular American
India has nukes, as does Pakistan ... China can get involved if they want. I'm sure that they know 200M die just as easy under a mushroom cloud as 100k
Having weapons is one thing delivering them another. At the present time the Indians only have intermediate range missiles that may or may not be nuclear tipped. Max range 3000 km. For India and Pakistan and nuclear exchange is suicidal and they do realize this. Of course if zealots get control all bets are off.
The Chinese are a power in the region but they did not fare too well in WWII against the Japanese when they had numerical superiority. One thing that is a integral part of any fighting force is what we call the morale of the troops. If the troops have good morale the combat factor of that force is multiplied accordingly, if morale is bad then it does not matter how many troops or how good your equipment is. (See US, post 69, in Vietnam)
The Chinese will be nothing more than a regional power for the next 20 years or so because of the economic and military power that the US poses. They have the potential in a few more years to deny the US from interfering military in southeast Asia but they do not have and will not have for many years any capability outside that area.
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