Delta4Embassy
Gold Member
China has to cover Russias backdoor when Russia pre-emptively nuclear strikes the USA.
No nation-state is going to use nukes. The retaliatory strike assures that. If a nuke is used in anger it's going to be by a terrorist group that got vaporized in the process. The retaliation then wont be nuclear but conventional and devastating against whoever supplied the nuke.
Only country which might conceivably use a nuke is DPRK. If the regime looks unstable and has nothing to loose, I could envision 'little kim' using a nuclear strike to scare the hell out of everyone for money and assurances of not doing it again. Of course by going that route all restraint goes away and the South will roll through the DMZ, Japan, the US and allies will basically take over the North. But being the crazy, delusional 'I'm God' sorta person, Kim might think he'd have a shot.
No one else nation-wise is that crazy not even Putin.