[Mariner]

"The US policy towards chemical and biological weapons is to respond to their deployment with nuclear weapons."

There is a Boomer in the North Pacific at all times, on alert.

Most Emergency Action Messages are drills for nuking North Korea. The contingency plans are for a massive strike of every city and every military installation simultaneously. Very, very little of North Korea would remain.

[USAF80]

"The US policy towards chemical and biological weapons is to respond to their deployment with nuclear weapons."

The policy used to be we will not retaliate in kind meaning if you use any weapon of mass destruction we could respond with the same or with nukes. The nuke threat was enough to keep the average knuckleheads in check. I'm not really sure what policy is now.

[Nabber]

“Most Emergency Action Messages are drills for nuking North Korea. The contingency plans are for a massive strike of every city and every military installation simultaneously. Very, very little of North Korea would remain.”

I slightly disagree — only Pyongyang and 3 or 4 key ports need to be taken out....