The Pentagon is reportedly drafting a new nuclear strategy that's expected to emphasize the use of tactical nuclear weapons to give the president more "options" in a potential nuclear conflict. The strategy, first reported by NBC News, is being drafted by the Pentagon's policy chief, Elbridge Colby,
  • potatoguy@mbin.potato-guy.space
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    4 days ago

    The idea would be to shift the US nuclear strategy away from the focus on using strategic nuclear weapons to wipe out an adversary’s nuclear capabilities and focus more on the possibility of using smaller, tactical nuclear weapons in a “regional” conflict.

    Yeah… I don’t want to get nuked by a “regional war” that the US provokes.