Kris Osborn
Chinese Nuclear Weapons, Asia-Pacific
Dual-use weapons that are both conventional and nuclear-capable have sparked an ongoing and serious debate within the United States.
Here’s What You Need to Remember: A conventional strike could easily be misinterpreted as a nuclear attack and prompt a catastrophic nuclear weapons engagement. In a worst-case scenario, a large-scale nuclear counterattack could be launched before it is clear that an approaching threat is unworthy of a nuclear response.