> The United States has a first-strike policy, and has invested billions of dollars in making sure that it can actually carry it out. This is simply an outrigh

> The United States has a first-strike policy, and has invested billions of dollars in making sure that it can actually carry it out. This is simply an outright fabrication. The US has a qualified No First Use policy, stating: > The United States will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states that are party to the NPT and in compliance with their nuclear non-proliferation obligations And > It is in the U.S. interest and that of all other nations that the nearly 65-year record of nuclear non-use be extended forever The policy specifying when nukes can be used lists: > significant non-nuclear strategic attacks > attacks on U.S. or allied nuclear forces, their command and control, or warning and attack assessment capabilities > in extreme circumstances to defend the vital interests of the United States, its allies and partners And regarding low yield nukes, that their purpose is to: > help ensure that potential adversaries perceive no possible advantage in limited nuclear escalation, making nuclear employment less likely https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4365530-2018-Nuclear-Posture-Review-Final-Report.html https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4365530-2018-Nuclear... Your claim that “The United States has a first-strike policy” is so demonstrably made-up, that you should honestly be ashamed of yourself.