Spectre of ‘tactical’ nuclear attack risks normalising weapons of mass destruction

[DarlinG]

Spectre of ‘tactical’ nuclear attack risks normalising weapons of mass destruction US President Joe Biden warned last week that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is now the highest since the Cuban Missile Crisis as Russia and North Korea engage in sabre-rattling on the use of “tactical” nuclear weapons. Such weapons are less destructive than “strategic” weapons designed to wipe out entire cities. But analysts worry that this talk of tactical weapons risks normalising weapons of mass destruction.