US strategy aims to outsource nuclear strikes: report

[struggle4progress]

US nuclear strategy calls for outsourcing nuclear strikes, in case of a major conflict in Europe, to NATO allies that do not have such weapons in what experts see an attempt to skirt international law, according to an authoritative report that has been made public.

The study by the Natural Resources Defence Council, a national security and environmental think tank in the US, is based mainly on declassified official documents and provides a detailed analysis of the US nuclear arsenal in Europe as well as of doctrines justifying its presence there more than a decade after the end of the Cold War.

For the first time, the document reveals a specific number of nuclear warheads that under current US and NATO war plans will be transferred to US non-nuclear allies to be delivered to targets by their warplanes.

If war were to break out in Europe, as many as 180 nuclear bombs will be earmarked for delivery by the air forces of Belgium, The Netherlands, Turkey, Germany and Italy, the report said. <snip>

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1300237.htm

[Old and In the Way]

1. Outsource the responsibility, in other words.

Sure, why not? Let's give our warheads to every country and let them use 'em as they see fit. Worst case, it won't be used on us...right?

[struggle4progress]

2. Yes, it's outsourcing the responsibility.