What if the next war goes nuclear because one side mistakes a conventional missile for a nuclear one, and responds accordingly? This issue of “entanglement,” or the risks of confusing conventional weapons with nuclear ones, and vice versa, deeply concerns us. It is also finally starting to receive the public policy attention it deserves: For example, whether to develop a nuclear variant of the U.
S. Tomahawk sea-launched cruise missile has become a relatively important topic in the U.S. Congress. Vice Adm. Johnny R. Wolfe, Jr., the Navy’s director for strategic systems programs, said it best during a defense budget hearingThe post Paint the B-52s Brightly: Reducing Confusion Between Conventional and Nuclear Weapons Is Essential appeared first on War on the Rocks.