Another View The recent Viewpoint “The U.S.’s Dangerous New Nuclear Policy” (Jan. 29-Feb. 11, p. 74) makes assumptions or statements that demonstrate an ideological fervor, not an understanding of nuclear policy. Saying that the U.S. could respond to decapitation attacks on U.S. nuclear forces’ command and control, or on the nuclear forces themselves, is obviously going to increase the chance of a nuclear war. People familiar with thinking about the ...
