Us puts nuclear weapons on Taiwan following the first strait crisis

What would be the impact if the Us puts nuclear weapons on Taiwan following the first Taiwan strait crisis

How long would it take for the Soviets and PRC to discover it

How would the PRC react

How would this affect the sino-soviet split
 
What would be the impact if the Us puts nuclear weapons on Taiwan following the first Taiwan strait crisis

How long would it take for the Soviets and PRC to discover it

How would the PRC react

How would this affect the sino-soviet split

The US did deploy nukes to Taiwan.

https://fas.org/blogs/security/2008/05/nukes-in-the-taiwan-crisis/

At that time, the Matador nuclear cruise missile was already deployed in Taiwan. The missile could deliver a 20 kt W5 warhead to a range of about 965 km (600 miles). From Taiwan, the Matador could potentially have hit Chinese troop concentrations around Amoy, but General Twining apparently favored bombs. Nuclear bombs, however, did not arrive in Taiwan until January 1960, but a declassified document previously released to me under FOIA shows they were available on Guam and Okinawa. The bombs included three types – Mk-6 (only Guam), Mk-36 Mod 1, and Mk-39 Mod 0 – with yields ranging from 8 kilotons to 10 megatons (see Table 1).
 
Until the end of the Cold War, the USN had nuclear weapons on carriers and some other ships. Those routinely were within strike distance of China r where they could get there quickly. Putting weapons on Taiwan, which would mean an American air base, would certainly irritate the Chinese however would not really affect the strategic calculus. At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviets had very few missiles that could hit the USA, staging missiles in Cuba would allow for attacks with minimal warning, and also using systems the Soviets had in larger numbers (IRBMs).
 
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