How many nuclear weapons do you need to form an effective deterrent?American propaganda has a certain reference value.
In the 70s of the 20th century, during Nixon's visit to China, he boasted that the US atomic bomb could destroy the world ten times. According to Nixon, the United States has more than 20,000 nuclear weapons**, and more than 2,000 nuclear weapons** can destroy the world once.
In the 70s of the 20th century, the nuclear warhead model of the mainstream intercontinental missile in the United States was W76, with a yield of 100,000 tons. If a strategic bomber is used, a B61 nuclear bomb with a yield of 400,000 tons ** can be used. Of course, the United States is also armed with a small number of large-yield nuclear bombs, such as B41, 1 ** with a yield of 25 million tons. Although this kind of nuclear bomb looks scary, it is too heavy and has very low combat value, so it can only be taken out to be scary.
Roughly calculated, the yield of more than 2,000 nuclear ** is around several hundred million tons to one billion tons. The Americans believe that this level of energy will bring significant trauma to the world, forming a nuclear deterrent. Whether they really think so or not, at least that's what they advertise.
In fact, the version that Nixon spoke of has been the dominant view today. Those who often say that the Earth was destroyed dozens of times are basically full of nonsense, and the Earth is not that fragile. A more reliable version today is that detonating all nuclear bombs at the same time can destroy the surface five or six times. Currently, there are 1 in the world30,000 nuclear warheads, nearly 2,000 nuclear warheads can wreak havoc on human civilization. This statement is consistent with Nixon's clamor back then. It can be seen that the propaganda caliber of the Americans is indeed sophisticated.
It is very difficult for any country to build and maintain more than 2,000 nuclear bombs, and only the United States and Russia have done it, and most of their nuclear bombs were made during the Cold War. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the whole world was reducing and abandoning nuclear weapons, and if a country wanted to possess more than 2,000 nuclear bombs, it had to face both economic and moral pressures. That is, for historical reasons, only the United States and Russia will have the ultimate killing capability for a long time to come.
So the question is, how to change this?There are two main methods, one is to increase the nuclear ** stock year by year, slowly increasing, not too noticeable. Another, smarter approach is to deal with Japan and South Korea first. The idea was put forward by a master of Chinese strategy in 1969. At that time, China had only a dozen nuclear bombs, and it was difficult to threaten the United States and the Soviet Union, but it was not a big problem to defeat Japan. Japan is a member of the American and Western camps, and dealing with Japan first will not only weaken the hegemonic power, but will not lead to the end of the world. Sacrificing a Japan and making the whole world happy, the real four or two thousand pounds.