Lots of nuclear fears lately.
Do you ever wonder if we should’ve just bombed the Ruskies ( with nukes ) directly after WWII, either right after they first got the bomb ( 1947 I believe) or maybe between then but before they could’ve really struck back ?
I mean yes maybe they could’ve landed a bomb or two over here, but before ICBMs what kind of real way would they have had to hit the continental US hard ?
ICBMs didn’t come about until the mid to late 50’s, jet bombers probably about the same time, maybe some bigger fighters that could carry a bomb or two but they wouldn’t have the range.
Sure, Europe would’ve been toast, but they kinda already were toast.
For sure a lot of the ensuing wars could’ve maybe been avoided. Korea, Nam, all the other little Cold War skirmishes.
May have even been able to hit one or two well placed strategic targets, minimized collateral losses, and avoided lots of other bloodshed.