The US 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) states (p.17 & fig 2): ‘Since the introduction of U.S. nuclear deterrence [in 1945], U.S. nuclear capabilities have made essential contributions to the deterrence of nuclear and non-nuclear aggression. It is more accurate to state that we have avoided nuclear destruction despite the existence of nuclear weapons and that the decades after the development of nuclear weapons has been anything but peaceful. All the nuclear war planning exercises confirm that it is simply impossible to win a nuclear war. Nuclear hypocrisy and inconsistencyTo follow the logic of arguments in favour of nuclear deterrence used by the UK and other nuclear-armed states, if nuclear deterrence ‘works’ then every state should be armed with nuclear weapons. Furthermore, no one can seriously argue that nuclear deterrence can prevent nuclear war by accident, mistake, cyber-attack or terrorism.

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2018 14:26 UTC