Sentences with phrase «only nuclear attack»
This is why the only nuclear attack I believe has any probability of materializing in current times is Israel's Samson Option, but some level of conventional war would have to happen prior to this.
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The army and navy in all honesty we did not know he held a 3rd dan black belt in sho rea, he had been trained in air born and air assault and nuclear weapons and their security on trident submarines so when somebody attacked him or use a weapon to intimidate him he considered only one option, deadly force had just been authorized.
The United States has a two - man rule in place, and while only the president can order the release of nuclear weapons, the order must be confirmed by the Secretary of Defense (there is a hierarchy of succession in the event that the president is killed in an attack).
The policy currently states that the purpose of the UK's nuclear capacity is to deter attack and would only be used in extreme circumstances to defend Britain or its allies.
It has also been claimed that the only truly sovereign states are those that control their own currency, borders, and nuclear weapons (capable of being delivered against any power that might attack the state).
Even if Britain were to come under nuclear attack itself, only 55 % would support using nuclear weapons in response.
This question used identical wording to a Gallup poll back in 1955, and showed a significant fall in support for the use of nuclear weaponry since the height of the cold war — back in 1955 only 16 % of people would have opposed using the H - Bomb in response to a nuclear attack on Britain, while today 32 % would oppose nuclear retailiation.
«A U.S. strike on Iran would be costly, causing significant loss of American life, likely lead to attacks and loss of life in Israel, yet would only postpone Iran's nuclear weapons development by a few years,» her office wrote.
The only firm rule, he says, appears to be not attacking nuclear plants.
She soon discovers she has been confined in a bomb shelter bunker by Howard (Goodman), a survivalist who is convinced that an airborne chemical or nuclear attack has killed everyone above ground, and they were the only survivors.
Some experts share the view of the Director General of the United Kingdom Security Service, who said in August 2003: «It will only be a matter of time before a crude version of a [chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear] attack is launched at a major Western city»...
It was not known until after the collapse of the Soviet Union that there were also tactical nuclear missiles deployed to Cuba and, for the only time, under direct authority of field commanders who could fire without further authority from Moscow, so if the US had decided to attack Cuba, as many urged JFK to do, there is a reasonable chance that local commanders would have begun a nuclear exchange.