Entire World on Notice as Pentagon Rejects Major Limits on Use of Nukes

The Pentagon has announced a major change in America’s nuclear strategy: We will no longer limit the use of nuclear weapons to defense against other nuclear powers and may even consider using them for non-nuclear threats.

The new national defense strategy rejects past limits on the use of nukes, citing dual threats from China and Russia, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

The document states that “by the 2030s the United States will, for the first time in its history face two major nuclear powers as strategic competitors and potential adversaries.” As a result, the U.S. will “maintain a very high bar for nuclear employment” but won’t rule out retaliation for non-nuclear threats to the U.S. homeland.

This new doctrine runs contrary to the policy that Joe Biden pushed when he began his 2020 campaign for the White House. Biden said that the U.S. should only use nuclear weapons to retaliate or deter a nuclear strike.

Despite Biden’s campaign promises, the new strategy was formed in cooperation with the White House, according to Bloomberg.

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The Pentagon added that the geopolitical climate makes previous “no first use” and “sole purpose” policies too dangerous to remain in effect. These policies pose an “unacceptable level of risk in light of the range of non-nuclear capabilities being developed and fielded by competitors that could inflict strategic-level damage” to the U.S.

The 80-page document lays out a major change from decades of nuclear policy and defines China as a “pacing challenge,” while Russia is described as an “acute threat,” according to Time magazine.

“We chose the word ‘acute’ carefully,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said during a news conference, Time reported. “Unlike China, Russia can’t systemically challenge the United States over the long-term, but Russian aggression does pose an immediate and sharp threat to our interests and values.”

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Putin has reportedly readied his nuclear forces, putting them on combat alert in February.

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