Sentences with phrase «first use of nuclear weapons»

Yet, the range of scenarios potentially triggering such a first use of nuclear weapons by the US is indicative of a foreseeable possibility to use force not only in response but also in anticipation.

While I mostly trust the current leadership not to make first use of nuclear weapons, that is not the case when you consider all the potential future leaders of India or Pakistan.

Not exact matches

For example, the bishops maintain that the first use of even the smallest counterforce nuclear weapons is always wrong, but they recognize that others within the church community might come to a different conclusion.

«Until recently having or not having nuclear weapons appeared to be and was treated as a question of yes or no», wrote Thomas Schelling in a piece called «Who Will have The Bomb», written in 1976 following India's first use of a «peaceful» nuclear explosive (PNE).

So there are zero uses of nuclear weapons that have ever been used in a way that violates the policy that you are calling «no - first - strike» (the North Korean policy).

The US wouldn't use a nuclear weapon to destroy a bioweapon site in a first strike, they would (by declared policy of decades) use one to retaliate once that bioweapon has been used against them.

The U.S. currently has a policy in place allowing first - use of nuclear weapons.

After the development of the first nuclear weapons, scientists from a variety of disciplines appealed to world leaders to «remember your humanity, and forget the rest» and end the threat of use of nuclear weapons.