By The Saker

March 14, 2020 "Information Clearing House" -  The 20th century has seen a seemingly countless number of military conflicts, ranging from small local clashes, to at least two world wars.  The same 20th century saw a huge efforts by major powers to develop three types of so-called “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD): Atomic, Bacteriological and Chemical (ABC).  All of these WMD were initially seen as very effective and very frightening, yet there were only used in a few, limited occasions.

Ask yourself, why is that?

The reason is simple: while the US could nuke Japanese cities with impunity in 1945, and while the Anglo powers developed at least THREE plans to wage a total war against the Soviet Union (details in this article), they never dared to implement them.

Again, ask yourself, why is that?

I am a total medical ignoramus, and I have nothing to say about the nature of SARS-CoV-2, I am a military analyst and one of my two areas of specialization (besides planning nuclear forces) was operational art, that is the level of military operations above tactical, but under strategic: you can think of it as what connects the tactical means to the strategic goals.  You can also think of it as the level at which combined arms (above division level) formations are brought together in something similar to an army corps.  This is exactly the level at which the used of WMD would be the most likely to happen.  Yet, if you look at the typical Soviet/Russian or US manuals discussing operational art you will notice that it is always assumed that the other side will initiate the use of WMD (even in secret documents).

Again, ask yourself, why is that?  Is it only a type of political correctness showing that “we are the good guys” and “they are truly evil”?  To some degree, yes, but not only.