Word: khesanh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nuclear weapons may not come at Khesanh. But unless the course of the war changes drastically there, the danger of nuclear war in Vietnam will no longer be remote...
...There is a growing confidence among the American military that if the attack does come at Khesanh, the 5000 Marines there will be able to hold it off. "The monsoon season's almost over," an American general said, "and the longer they wait the better our chances...
...Even if the Communists begin to win at Khesanh, there are serious doubts that nuclear weapons would be useful at all. The hilly terrain around the base would seriously limit the effectiveness of nuclear weapons against enemy mortar sites. "This just isn't nuke country," a colonel at Khesanh said. "There are too many damn hills...
...look for Khesanh offers limited encouragement, but the prospects for long-term avoidance of nukes in Vietnam are slim. General Wheeler said two weeks ago that he "doesn't think nuclear weapons will be necessary to defend Khesanh"; but implicit in that statement is the rationale that somewhere else the military might consider them necessary. And if the battle of Khesanh does not end the war, experts see two ways that the "necessary" time could come...
...Battle of the Tet offensive does not come at Khesanh, or if the U.S. faces a crucial major battle in an area where the terrain doesn't prevent effective use of nukes, Pentagon officials have suggested they would recommend nuclear weapons as a last resort...