The wider role for nuclear weapons against “non-nuclear strategic attacks” was one of several ways in which Trump’s approach differed from his predecessor. “While nuclear deterrence strategies cannot prevent all conflict, they are essential to prevent nuclear attack, non-nuclear strategic attacks, and large-scale conventional aggression,” the NSS said. “Non-nuclear strategic attacks” represents a new category of threat that US nuclear weapons could be used to counter, and points towards likely changes in the Nuclear Posture Review expected in the next few weeks. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Activists with the international campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican) protest in Berlin. What is interesting is the broadening of the nuclear weapons mission against non-nuclear attacks.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2017 22:52 UTC