By that logic, China never would've dared to send a million soldiers to drive UN forces from North Korea during the Korean war.
Nor would Turkey have dared to shoot down one of Russia's warplanes based in Syria for violating its airspace.
Nor would Turkey have dared to shoot down one of Russia's warplanes based in Syria for violating its airspace.
Both Generals LeMay ( USAF SAC ) and MacArthur advocated widespread nuclear response to the Chinese intervention. They were overruled by President Truman.
> For a thousand years or more China has been content to stay within it's borders
Are the Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands and Formosa within China's borders? To all of which China lays claim.
Why they've attacked Vietham then?
That happened before China had nuclear weapons.