Israel is losing one of their war with one of their neighbors and don't want to be the only looser?
June-July 1961, Iraqi leader Colonel Qasim begins building up forces on the Kuwaiti border.
MI6 informs the British Prime Minister that it is surely a bluff and diplomatic manoeuvring, similar to Iraq's recent border disputes with Iran.
August 1961, Iraqi tanks cross the Kuwaiti border, and Colonel Qasim (prematurely) declares that Kuwait will henceforth be the 19th province of Iraq.
Unable to deploy land forces in time to stop the invasion, an RAF Victor drops drops a Blue Danube 12kt (Red Beard not yet being in service) on an Iraqi divisional HQ that has just crossed the Kuwaiti border.
Israel would only use its nukes in response to conventional warfare if its very existence was threatened. They wouldn't just use nukes for the hell of it, as they'd risk losing western support and cause a shitestorm in the Middle East that will never die down until the battle of Tel Megiddo some trillion years later.
The Korean war goes worse for the US / UN forces and the US uses a single nuke to prevent a large scale surrender of US / UN forces.
2 distinct possibilities, both of which, AFAIK, were real p[ossibilities. 1 Gulf War 1 on a major Iraqi population centre, perhaps even Baghdad, if ABC weapons were used by Iraqi forces on 'Allied' troops. 2 Melvinas War - starts to go badly for the British Imperialists, a major Argentinian city is nuked as a consequence! Also 3 AFAIK, Nuking Chinese cities was advocated during the Korean War!
June-July 1961, Iraqi leader Colonel Qasim begins building up forces on the Kuwaiti border.
MI6 informs the British Prime Minister that it is surely a bluff and diplomatic manoeuvring, similar to Iraq's recent border disputes with Iran.
August 1961, Iraqi tanks cross the Kuwaiti border, and Colonel Qasim (prematurely) declares that Kuwait will henceforth be the 19th province of Iraq.
Unable to deploy land forces in time to stop the invasion, an RAF Victor drops drops a Blue Danube 12kt (Red Beard not yet being in service) on an Iraqi divisional HQ that has just crossed the Kuwaiti border.
Unless you happen to be an Argentine, in which case they are the Malvinas. Personally, I'll call them the Falklands, but one can make a case.......there's no such place as the 'Malvinas' (or, for that matter, the 'Melvinas'). You'll find that they are called the Falkland Islands.
would Super Mac have really down that![]()
If I remember correctly, Niigata would be the target for the third bomb (it was the primary target for the second bomb, but bad weather forced the B-29 to hit the secondary target: Nagasaki). Tokyo was never on the list because the US didn't want to decapitate the Japanese government... someone had to be there to sign on the dotted line after all.
I recall that there was a fourth target, but I can't remember exactly what it was. After that, the US would either have to find new targets or just start stockpiling for use in support of the invasion...
EDIT: Correction, Kokura was the primary target for the second (and likely third) atom bomb. Niigata was also on the list and there was a fifth target, Yokohama, although I recall one of these was struck for some reason. Interestingly, Yokohama is directly across Tokyo Bay from... well, Tokyo. Hence it would be a front row seat for the Japanese leadership to see the bomb. I wonder why they didn't hit it first or second.
It was to test the effectiveness of both types in actual use. Demonstration was down the list of priorities.I wonder why they didn't hit it first or second.
I thought they did have one bomb in reserve and then they'd have to wait 6 or 7 weeks. I might be wrong but I saw someone say it on here on a similar thread.