Wider role for weapons to counter ‘non-nuclear strategic attacks’ unveiled as portion of Trump’s modern security strategy,which also failed to address climate change
The Trump administration signaled that it could broaden the use of nuclear weapons as portion of a modern security strategy, unveiled by the president on Monday.
The wider role for nuclear weapons against “non-nuclear strategic attacks” was one of several ways in which Trump’s approach differed from his predecessor. The threat of climate change went unmentioned. The word “climate” was only used four times in the National Security Strategy (NSS), or three of those mentions referred to the business environment. Americans were instead urged to “embrace energy dominance”. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk