US hints it could use nuclear weapons once again to create ‘decisive results’ in wars .
NUCLEAR weapons could still create “decisive results” and break stalemates during a war, Pentagon top brass have claimed.
The ominous new document – since deleted – is called ‘Nuclear Operations’ and suggests military chiefs could once again use the weapons of mass destruction to “restore strategic stability.”
Arms control experts say the doctrine marks a dangerous shift towards the idea of actually fighting and winning a full-scale nuclear conflict.
“Using nuclear weapons could create conditions for decisive results and the restoration of strategic stability,” the joint chiefs’ document states.
“Specifically, the use of a nuclear weapon will fundamentally change the scope of a battle and create conditions that affect how commanders will prevail in conflict.”
The US is the only country to have used the weapons in combat, with the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II.
The controversial paper comes after the Trump administration withdrew from two nuclear agreements – a 2015 deal with Iranand the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty with Russia.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9335064/pentagon-nuclear-weapons-chilling-new-doctrine/amp/
NUCLEAR weapons could still create “decisive results” and break stalemates during a war, Pentagon top brass have claimed.
The ominous new document – since deleted – is called ‘Nuclear Operations’ and suggests military chiefs could once again use the weapons of mass destruction to “restore strategic stability.”
Arms control experts say the doctrine marks a dangerous shift towards the idea of actually fighting and winning a full-scale nuclear conflict.
“Using nuclear weapons could create conditions for decisive results and the restoration of strategic stability,” the joint chiefs’ document states.
“Specifically, the use of a nuclear weapon will fundamentally change the scope of a battle and create conditions that affect how commanders will prevail in conflict.”
The US is the only country to have used the weapons in combat, with the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II.
The controversial paper comes after the Trump administration withdrew from two nuclear agreements – a 2015 deal with Iranand the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty with Russia.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9335064/pentagon-nuclear-weapons-chilling-new-doctrine/amp/