National Defense Magazine:
The Defense Department is looking at non-traditional methods of deterring nuclear attacks and guarding against ballistic missile threats, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Aug. 3.
The Pentagon has undertaken two separate but related studies — a Nuclear Posture Review and a Ballistic Missile Defense Review — at the direction of President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis.
“Everything is on the table,” Air Force Gen. Paul Selva said during remarks at an Air Force Association event in Washington, D.C. “We’ve looked at conservative strategic approaches to radical new approaches. And we’re going to find the best set of recommendations to give the president the options to maintain our strategic deterrent capacity.”
