User blog comment:GunsnadGlory/Spread of Communism/@comment-4727448-20120828225143/@comment-32656-20120829051415

In 1951, the USA had in the range of 640 nukes. The USSR? Less than 50.

And, to add to that, the Soviets did not have the ability to strike beyond a very limited range. The Americans had no such limitation, and could strike the USSR with them. The Soviets could not claim the same ability.

Moreover, those bombers were far more difficult to shoot down than you think.

And, as Fed noted, you vastly overestimate their capabilities of the Pact. Not that it existed until 1955.

Really, most of those forces were not usable, either.

You make a massive assumption by saying that China would join, too.