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The Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is a process “to determine what the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. security strategy should be.” [1] NPRs are the primary document for determining U.S. strategy for nuclear weapons and it outlines an overview of U.S. nuclear capabilities, changes to current stockpiles and capabilities, plans for deterrence, and plans for arms control policy with other nations.
The Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations is a U.S. Department of Defense document publicly discovered in 2005 on the circumstances under which commanders of U.S. forces could request the use of nuclear weapons. The document was a draft being revised to be consistent with the Bush doctrine of preemptive attack. [1]
In 2018, the NDS became the sole successor to the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In 2022, the NDS [ 1 ] : 1–32 was released on October 27 along with the Missile Defense Review (MDR) [ 1 ] : 63rd-80th pages [ c ] and Nuclear Posture Review (NPR).
The United States has not adjusted its nuclear posture as a result of Russian President Vladimir Putin's new nuclear saber-rattling, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. The official, speaking on ...
The Nuclear Posture Review also notes, "It is in the U.S. interest and that of all other nations that the nearly 65-year record of nuclear non-use be extended forever." [ 50 ] This supersedes the doctrine of the George W. Bush administration set forth in " Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations " and written under the direction of Air Force ...
The United States was not surprised by Russia lowering its threshold for a nuclear strike and does not plan to adjust its own nuclear posture in response, the White House said on Tuesday. "As we ...
The US releases an unclassified version of the Nuclear Posture Review every few years, which provides an overview of the role of nuclear weapons in its security strategy.