# Should nuclear weapons have been used on China during Korean War? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 22, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-nuclear-weapons-have-been-used-on-china-during-korean-war/635476 "2012-09-22T06:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 105
**Author:** ![moonshot925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@moonshot925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonshot925)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-nuclear-weapons-have-been-used-on-china-during-korean-war/635476/105 "2012-09-24T08:25:51Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Nonsense. Aside from the mismatch of Serbia vs. the rest of the world over Kosovo, on what planet has a sustained bombing campaign forced any military power to pull out of anywhere?. The firebombing campaign against Japan in 1945 was very effective. Millions of people injured and homeless put a serious drain on their war effort. Thousands of industrial establishments were destroyed which cut production to a level below subsistence. And the bombing also weakened civilian morale. The same could have been done to China. If 300 B-29’s dropped 1,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Beijing and burned the city to the ground, then the Chinese would realize that they should pull out of the war. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-nuclear-weapons-have-been-used-on-china-during-korean-war/635476)._