Good refresher on how horrible and pointless these are. We have so much nuclear capabilities in the US, with submarines especially, but also airbases around the

Good refresher on how horrible and pointless these are. We have so much nuclear capabilities in the US, with submarines especially, but also airbases around the world and missiles too that we can easily withstand an attack. For that reason, we should make it our policy that we will never launch a first strike. The reason is that there have been many many near misses. We know that China and Russia also have lots of capabilities for return strikes - yet even with this knowledge of mutual assured destruction we have had near accidents and they must have also. By saying we won't make a first strike we really lose nothing, but this should reduce that chance that a mistake could lead to launches. Russia and China should do the same.