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‘No first use’ is no way to deter China

By Sean Durns
Published November 3, 2021 10:00am ET
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‘No first use’ is no way to deter China
** FILE ** The U.S. Navy launches a Trident II, D-5 missile from the submerged submarine USS Tennessee in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida, in this Dec. 4, 1989, file photo. | (PHIL SANDLIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The Biden administration is considering a major change to U.S. nuclear weapons policy.

Allies are worried. On Oct. 29, the Financial Times reported that “U.S. allies are lobbying Joe Biden not to change American policy on the use of nuclear weapons amid concern that the president is considering a ‘no first use’ declaration.”

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