preemptive nuclear strike pending approval
The Pentagon decided to change the guidelines to allow for preemptive nuclear attacks.
The scenarios for a possible attack described in the draft include one in which an enemy is using “or intending to use” unconventional weapons against the United States, its allies or civilian populations. Another scenario for a possible pre-emptive strike is in the event of an “imminent attack from adversary biological weapons that only effects from nuclear weapons can safely destroy.”
The draft document also envisions the use of atomic weapons for “attacks on adversary installations,” including “deep, hardened bunkers containing chemical or biological weapons.”
A copy of the draft document dated March 15 was posted on a Pentagon Web site for several months but was removed over the summer, according to the Pentagon official, who said he could not explain why it was taken down.
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