Chinese-published map identifying potential U.S. targets and fallout projections. From Global Times newspaper
Lyle J. Goldstein, National Interest: The Chinese Plans to Nuke America
A recent publication details the fallout from a strike on the United States.
When one reads enough Chinese naval literature, diagrams of multi-axial cruise missile saturation attacks against aircraft carrier groups may begin to seem normal. However, one particular graphic from the October 2015 issue (p. 32) of the naval journal Naval & Merchant Ships [舰船知识] stands out as both unusual and singularly disturbing. It purports to map the impact of a Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) strike by twenty nuclear-armed rockets against the United States.
Targets include the biggest cities on the East and West Coasts, as well as in the Midwest, as one would expect. Giant radiation plumes cover much of the country and the estimate in the caption holds that the strike “would yield perhaps 50 million people killed” [可能造成5000 万死亡]. The map below that graphic on the same page illustrates the optimal aim point for a hit on New York City with a “blast wave” [火风量] that vaporizes all of Manhattan and well beyond.
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WNU Editor: As if the world can afford another nuclear arms race. But while the focus is on China "nuking" the U.S. .... I have yet to read anything specific on what is the U.S. plan to "nuke" China.