Jade
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Nukes are irrelevant when both China and India have "No First Use" policies. Since neither side can nuke first, there is no way they could come into play.
And even if the above were not the case, India's total nuclear arsenal is only about 1 megaton in total, made up of mostly 20 kt fission devices. No thermonuclear weapons.
Whereas even ONE single Chinese thermonuclear weapon is around 4 megatons. One single Chinese nuke has 4 times the explosive power of India's entire arsenal.
During the Cold War, China was prepared to fight and survive a nuclear war with both the USA and Russia, with the casualties estimated in the hundreds of millions.
After that, what threat is India's nuclear arsenal which is only 1 megaton in total, and with the Agni V not even inducted yet?
Though I'm very glad to see that Indians have resorted to the "we have nukes" argument, which is something they are always accusing the Pakistani members of doing.
"No First Use" policies are for wars with non nuke powers and not with nuke powers. Second, any two front war with Pakistan and China will be a question of survival for India, and hence nukes will certainly come into play. Third, the size of the bomb matters least because of the diminishing marginal returns. To bring China to knees, India may not require more than 10 30 KTon bombs to bomb Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. This is enough to take China to stone ages. Fourth and last, in case of a war, China has much more to loose than India, hence China will be more restraint and India belligerent