[kabar]

What an absurd response. Tactics are everything, and there is no stated U.S. policy that matters. What matters is what is in NSPDs of the President and some classified material.

Of course stated policy matters. It is the basis of deterrence. Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations

[Siobhan]

Of course stated policy matters. It is the basis of deterrence.

Naïve. Deterrence is based on espionage and the determination of what your enemy's got that could destroy you.