WORLD WAR 3: US military to use nukes against nations who launch cyber attacks
The US is to allow the use of nuclear weapons to respond to “extreme circumstances”
The US is to allow the use of nuclear weapons to respond to “extreme circumstances” which means they could be deployed in response to a cyber attack, a large terror attack or another strategic threat.
While the Trump administration says the stance in its nuclear posture review is merely a “clarification” of previous policy, critics say it marks a radical departure.
Alexandra Bell at the Centre for Arms Control and a former non-proliferation official at the state department said: “I think it’s a dangerous and destabilising break with 40 years of bipartisan efforts to reduce nuclear threats around the world.”
She argued that it was dangerous to broaden the circumstances under which the US may use nuclear weapons.