New Nuclear Doctrine

A draft of a new U.S. nuclear doctrine allows for a first strike against countries that (Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld say?) possess weapons of mass destruction.

• Report by the Arms Control Association
  
  
• Article in the Times Online
  
  
• Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations
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