Air Force Officials Resist No-First-Use Policy

摘要

Top Air Force officials have in recent days defended current U.S. nuclear posture that avoids officially declaringrnno-first-use of nuclear weapons, despite calls from lawmakers to President Barack Obama to adopt such a policy duringrnhis remaining time in office.rnLt. Gen. Jack Weinstein, Air Force deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, said Thursday atrna Peter Huessy breakfast, “It’s dangerous to come up with a policy when right now what you want to have is a little bit ofrnambiguity and give the president options.”