Because the USSR won't want China taking advantage of the situation and invading Siberia.If they're neutral why would they be nuked?
They'd get hit badly with radiation to be sure, you'd also maybe get collatoral from Vladivostok.
So the Russians nuke China just because they don't want China to be the last man standing? I believe it, I just find it funny.Because the USSR won't want China taking advantage of the situation and invading Siberia.
If they hadn't, would that stop them from being nuked by either (or both) sides?That depends: did they join either side prior to the nuclear phase of the conflict breaking out?
If they hadn't, would that stop them from being nuked by either (or both) sides?
Because they'd be a threat to the surviving rump USA and/or USSR.If they're neutral why would they be nuked
Utterly destroyed, and probably hit by both sides. Just like pretty much everyone else. There are tens of thousands of nukes flying, and neither side wants anyone around to help the other guys afterward.
China is a threat to both sides and neither side will want to see China win by simply not being involved in the war. The Soviet Union will be especially interested in making sure that China is clobbered good and hard. Remember the Golden Horde. As for the United States it will be more of a target of opportunity and after all they are still commies.
China was a US ally against the Soviets in the 1980sBecause they'd be a threat to the surviving rump USA and/or USSR.
Utterly destroyed, and probably hit by both sides. Just like pretty much everyone else. There are tens of thousands of nukes flying, and neither side wants anyone around to help the other guys afterward.