[panzergrenadier]

That isn’t actually what the new nuclear-use policy says, but what a nice, very long post, indeed.

Also, response-in-kind means that a chemical or biological attack will be met with a chemical or biological attack. And yes, the US stockpiles those kinds of weapons, too.

This is pure hyperbole.

[ctdonath2]

That isn’t actually what the new nuclear-use policy says

So ... what DOES it say? link?

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

“And yes, the US stockpiles those kinds of weapons, too.”

Nope. We dismantled our last binary chemical weapons about 15-20 years ago; we've NEVER had biological weapons stockpiled. Bio weapons are slow-acting, unreliable, and create a long-term hostile environment for our own troops; they're more trouble than they're worth. That's why the US has done its bio research for mainly creating countermeasures to any enemy use of such weapons.

—A former NBC officer.