In his book Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War Michel Chossudovsky says the US Congress okayed the use of tactical nuclear weapons in non-conventional wars in 2003. According to congressmen it was quite "safe for civilians".
Interestingly, in May 2015, Clark Murdock, a senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies wrote that the United States should develop new low-yield, tactical nuclear weapons to deter countries from seeking nuclear weapons of their own.
Murdock, the co-author of Project Atom" report, argues the Pentagon needs a more diverse suite of nuclear weapons. "In order to execute its Measured Response strategy, the nuclear forces for both deterrence and extended deterrence should have low-yield, accurate, special-effects options that can respond proportionately at the lower end of the nuclear continuum," he writes.
"Project Atom" report of the Center for Strategic and International Studies was produced by Murdock and eight co-authors as a "zero-based, blue-sky" look at American's nuclear arsenal.
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