Comment Russians nuked the Chinese (Score 4, Interesting) 246
Rumor... a friend told me this story a year ago, don't know if its true and didn't find anything about it after a quick search on the internet... but here goes:
My friend said "
I had a friend who used to work for the government... years ago he processed the photos that the US spy satellites took. One night at dinner the discussion had wandered onto the topic of the atomic bomb and its potential uses in a modern conflict, and someone says something to the effect:
"... the US is the only country that has used the atomic bomb against another nation..."
At which the friend spoke up, "Except for the time when the Russians bombed the Chinese."
Everyone at the table stopped talking and looked at him. "What!"
"Oh you guys didn't hear about that did you..."
A rough outline of the scenario...
Back in the late 50's or early 60's sometime the Russians and the Chinese are glaring at each other across the Siberian border of which some remote corner's exact boundries are in dispute. Each country lines up some number of troops and tensions are a little high. Finally the Russians move their withdraw their troops back about 10 miles... the next day the Chinese advance 10 miles. A few days later the Russians retreat 25 miles... over the next few days the Chinese advance 25 miles (meanwhile the US spy satellites are catching all of this in photos). A few more days go by and the Russians retreate 50 miles and the Chinese advance once again. So the Russian retreat 100 miles and drop a nuke right above the Chinese! ... From that point on Chinese ceased their dispute over the Siberian border.
Is this true! How come no one has heard of this story? Supposedly the Russians weren't going to tell because they didn't want to attract international condemnation. Besides, they had used in their own territory. They could claim it to be a test.
The Chinese? They didn't want to have to answer the question, "What was China doing with troops deep in Soviet Siberia."
The US? Why were they silent? That is top secret, but maybe some of the declassified photos show the events...
My friend said "
I had a friend who used to work for the government... years ago he processed the photos that the US spy satellites took. One night at dinner the discussion had wandered onto the topic of the atomic bomb and its potential uses in a modern conflict, and someone says something to the effect:
"... the US is the only country that has used the atomic bomb against another nation..."
At which the friend spoke up, "Except for the time when the Russians bombed the Chinese."
Everyone at the table stopped talking and looked at him. "What!"
"Oh you guys didn't hear about that did you..."
A rough outline of the scenario...
Back in the late 50's or early 60's sometime the Russians and the Chinese are glaring at each other across the Siberian border of which some remote corner's exact boundries are in dispute. Each country lines up some number of troops and tensions are a little high. Finally the Russians move their withdraw their troops back about 10 miles... the next day the Chinese advance 10 miles. A few days later the Russians retreat 25 miles... over the next few days the Chinese advance 25 miles (meanwhile the US spy satellites are catching all of this in photos). A few more days go by and the Russians retreate 50 miles and the Chinese advance once again. So the Russian retreat 100 miles and drop a nuke right above the Chinese!
Is this true! How come no one has heard of this story? Supposedly the Russians weren't going to tell because they didn't want to attract international condemnation. Besides, they had used in their own territory. They could claim it to be a test.
The Chinese? They didn't want to have to answer the question, "What was China doing with troops deep in Soviet Siberia."
The US? Why were they silent? That is top secret, but maybe some of the declassified photos show the events...
