Chapter 907 - Nuclear War (1/2)
Just when the final battle between the Mutants and the martial artists was reaching the climax, the Chinese and American Naval war was hitting a tipping point.
When Hasley contacted the Pentagon and told them what had happened and what he proposed, the whole Pentagon went amok. The reason was simple—Halsey was proposing to drop a nuclear bomb in China!
It was known that American held the highest number of nuclear warheads. It was not a question of power but the outcome of it. A nuclear launch from America would definitely be retaliated with a nuclear launch from China as well. How would they be able to stop China from launching their own nuclear bombs? Mutually Assured Destruction, or M.A.D, was a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender, and in this case, China and America. Even though China did not have as many nuclear warheads as America, they had just enough to completely annihilate the entirety of America.
Although America had the best airborn projectile deterrent called Terminal High Altitude Area Defence that could intercept and destroy ballistic missiles. Even so, how could they be one hundred percent sure about destroying all the ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile), preventing them from reaching American soil?
”No! We cannot escalate this war any further! China will retaliate with the same! It's madness! Mutually Assured Destruction!” cried one of the cabinet members.
”Hmph! So what? At least we have the chance to do so. If we do not destroy China right now, our entire fleet would be destroyed and the world would be run by China! When that happens, you will be their slaves! Do you want that?!” another member refuted, obvious agreeing with Hasley's idea. Even if it meant taking one for the team, they would have to prioritize on destroying China to ensure their position as the world's ruler.
”Mr. President, what do you think?” said one of the moderators, placing him as the decisive vote.
”Mr. Chairperson, what do you want me to do?” said the President of the United States of America, trying to deflect the question to someone else.
The man was silent for a good minute before turning to the President and nodded.
”Alright then. It's a go! I am now declaring a nuclear strike on China!” said the President after no one dared to voice out their opinion. The President had only dared to sanction the nuclear strike because the Chairperson was none other than the President of the Mutant Brotherhood, Xavier.
Unlike how the martial artists ran things, Mutants had infiltrated deep into the American government. Both the government and the Mutant Brotherhood shared the same interests. It was even safe to say that the Mutant Brotherhood had their hands so deep that they were controlling the government!
The sanction of using nuclear bombs reached down the chain of commands quickly. In America, silos across all parts of the land opened up, revealing nuclear ICBMs that were ready to be launched. In just a few minutes, countless of missiles were launched into the air and into sub-orbital space. Besides that, there were also missiles launched from the sea, carried by submarines that were always on standby in the Great Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
Besides that, there were stealth fighters in the air, the ones that Americans took pride in but were trashed by China's alien fighter jets. They flew towards China, carrying short range nuclear missiles. It was obvious that they were going all out in this attempt to completely destroy China.
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”What?! The Americans had done what?!”
”They dared to launch nuclear missiles?!”
”Looks like we need to answer them the same way, with fire and fury!”
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China was not weak although their military strength was known to be weaker than America's. However, that did not mean that they would not know about the missiles targeting them!