NUKES HAVENʼT BEEN USED BECAUSE OF LACK OF STRATEGICITY AS OPPOSED TO DETERRENCE. Missiles and Morals A Utilitarian Look at Nuclear Deterrence. Douglas P. Lackey. Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Summer, 1982), pp. 189-231. Published by Blackwell Publishing. Stable URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/2264898 In the case of waris in progress, nuclear weapons have not been introduced in many cases because they cannot be effectively deployed relative to overall military objectives. The Israelis cannot use nuclear weapons on the Golan for fear of polluting the Kennerit; the Iraquis could not use them against Jerusalem without destroying the mosques they seek to liberate. The United States could not use nuclear weapons in South Vietnam without contaminating the countryside of our own allies the Soviets could not use them against Prague and Budapest without destroying the industries they seek to exploit.
