US Army Is Thinking About The Threat Of Nuclear War Again

Gen. James McConville, then the Army's vice chief of staff, with 1st Armored Division soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas, July 22. US Army/Spc. Matthew J. Marcellus

Business Insider: The US Army is thinking about the threat of nuclear war again and wants to make sure it has the right people to deal with it

* The US military's shift to focus on competition with Russia and China has put renewed attention on the threat of nuclear weapons.
* Nuclear war remains an extremely unlikely but dangerous threat, and one the Army is thinking more about, the service's chief of staff, Gen. James McConville, said this week.
* Responding to it and other challenges effectively requires the right people with the right skills, and the Army has several programs meant to ensure it has them, McConville said.

The US's shift to "great-power competition" with Russia and China has focused attention on the array of sophisticated weaponry those countries field, from growing submarine fleets to thickets of anti-aircraft systems.

But which of those weapons is most concerning?

"Nuclear weapons ... absolutely," Gen. James McConville, the Army chief of staff, said Tuesday during an event at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC.

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WNU Editor: Thinking about the unthinkable again.