The only scenario in which a modern country uses nuclear weapons is if they’re losing heaps of home turf to an invading force and literally have nothing left to lose.
We'd all hope that, but let's not forget that 100% of historical use of nuclear weapons in anger can be attributed to some mix of "conventional invasion will be too hard" and "that'll show them not to mess with us".
We'd all hope that, but let's not forget that 100% of historical use of nuclear weapons in anger can be attributed to some mix of "conventional invasion will be too hard" and "that'll show them not to mess with us".
don't forget "if we swing our big dick around we can cheat the Soviets out of agreed upon terms"
At that time only one country had nukes.