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If a full nuclear exchange occurred between 1983 and 1989 how many nuclear weapons would be used against China (by the US and the USSR) and how many would die as a result of the weapons and the ensuing chaos and breakdown of society?

Going by the number of IRBM/MRBMs the USSR had in range of China at any one time (plus nuclear bombs and cruise missiles) I think it’s plausible that around 500 nuclear weapons would be used against China in the event of an 1980s war. This isn’t including any American nuclear weapons that may be used as well.

In this detailed timeline of a full nuclear exchange in 1988 China gets hit with 900 nuclear weapons by the USSR with 100 million deaths.
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