Will America Propose First Use of Nuclear Weapons in Response to a Disabling Cyber Attack?
NOVANEWS
Introductory Note by Michel Chossudovsky
By Nuclear Industries
Nuclear Industries
Featured image: A missile launch facility in North Dakota
A very dangerous narrative is unfolding within US military and intelligence circles.
It pertains to the use of nuclear weapons on a first strike basis as a means of “self-defense” in the case of a cyberattack by an enemy nation.
Cyberattacks cause disruptions in communications systems, transport, government services, financial transactions. They do not result in mass killings of civilians as in the case of an outright bombing campaign directed against an enemy nation.
What is contemplated in the 2017 NPR is the use of tactical nuclear weapons on a first strike basis against both nuclear and non-nuclear states, allegedly as a mean...