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7/11/2025, 7:49:22 PM
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NATO war plans explicitly called for the use of tactical nukes to break up Soviet/WP formations in most scenarios, for most of the Cold War, precisely because NATO could not match the massive numbers the Reds would bring to the field. You can't fight force-on-force with comparable equipment but unequal numbers forever, not unless you're damn lucky.
NATO and the Americans would have fought hard, but most wargames showed them getting ground up conventionally in days or weeks. It didn't start changing until the 80's with much better sensors and smart weapons and the Reagan buildup, along with a plan for a "flexible response"...and it would still have been ugly.
NATO war plans explicitly called for the use of tactical nukes to break up Soviet/WP formations in most scenarios, for most of the Cold War, precisely because NATO could not match the massive numbers the Reds would bring to the field. You can't fight force-on-force with comparable equipment but unequal numbers forever, not unless you're damn lucky.
NATO and the Americans would have fought hard, but most wargames showed them getting ground up conventionally in days or weeks. It didn't start changing until the 80's with much better sensors and smart weapons and the Reagan buildup, along with a plan for a "flexible response"...and it would still have been ugly.
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