Oops: The Pentagon Just Revealed Its Nuclear Doctrine

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June 20, 2019

Oops: The Pentagon Just Revealed Its Nuclear Doctrine

“Using nuclear weapons could create conditions for decisive results and the restoration of strategic stability,” the doctrine opines. “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.”
by David Axe


The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in mid-June 2019 briefly published the Pentagon’s official doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons. The joint chiefs quickly pulled the document -- Joint Publication 3-72, Nuclear Operations -- from the public website.

“The document presents an unclassified, mostly familiar overview of nuclear strategy, force structure, planning, targeting, command and control and operations,” commented Steven Aftergood, an analyst with the Federation of American Scientists.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/oops-pentagon-just-revealed-its-nuclear-doctrine-63402