--- title: "Will the US war of choice include “practical instruments of conventional warfare” aka nuclear weapons?" type: "post" post_id: "14220" slug: "will-the-us-war-of-choice-include-practical-instruments-of-conventional-warfare-aka-nuclear-weapons" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/09/02/will-the-us-war-of-choice-include-practical-instruments-of-conventional-warfare-aka-nuclear-weapons/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/09/02/will-the-us-war-of-choice-include-practical-instruments-of-conventional-warfare-aka-nuclear-weapons.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/09/02/will-the-us-war-of-choice-include-practical-instruments-of-conventional-warfare-aka-nuclear-weapons.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/09/02/will-the-us-war-of-choice-include-practical-instruments-of-conventional-warfare-aka-nuclear-weapons.txt" published: "2026-09-02T22:15:04+00:00" modified: "2026-09-02T22:24:51+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "Iran" - "US" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- > [US and Iran Trade Strikes as Fighting Resumes in Gulf](https://www.airandspaceforces.com/us-and-iran-trade-strikes-as-fighting-resumes-in-gulf/) > **U.S. Central Command launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Sept. 1, and President Donald Trump said forces are “prepared to do another one” as Iran launched retaliatory attacks Sept. 2.** > > Speaking in the Oval Office on Sept. 2, Trump said he ended the roughly month long pause in hostilities because of sea mines. > > ***“They were trying to rebuild their radar systems and a missile system and … to build a rocket that drops mines,”*** **( Trump claims without evidence)** Trump said at a White House event. *“They were building it, it was almost finished, so we took it out. We saw that they were building it, we see everything that they’re doing.”* > > **Iranian forces countered with ballistic missile attacks on U.S. forces in Jordan and on civilian ships transiting the Strait. A number of U.S. Air Force personnel and assets are stationed at the base in Jordan that has previously come under attack.** **(There are reports of US casualties- unconfirmed)** > > **On Sept. 1, CENTCOM announced additional strikes on IRGC targets in retaliation for** *“attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.”* **(no actual attacks just claims of attempts)** The command indicated its targets included “air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine-laying capabilities, and communications sites.” > > *Trump called the U.S. strikes “a very heavy attack” that “took out all of the new equipment that they tried to build along the Strait of Hormuz: some defensive, some offensive.”* > > **Iranian state media outlets alleged the strikes also hit a wedding party in a coastal town, but those claims remain unconfirmed.** **These are confirmed, there is footage accessible all over the place. The US is playing fast and loose with the truth, as usual, by not confirming.** > **Iranian forces launched their latest retaliatory strikes Sept. 2. Officials and media outlets in the Middle East reported attempted strikes in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and Iraq. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry also said Iran targeted a Saudi tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and killed members of its crew.** > > As of 4 p.m. Eastern time and 11 p.m. in much of the Middle East, CENTCOM had not announced additional strikes. Trump told reporters that the U.S. is “prepared to do another one anytime we want.” **The US struck first, as mentioned yesterday and Iran responded. Bottom line** ##### [Trump contemplates using nukes against Iran](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/03/trump-contemplates-using-nukes-against-iran) > **The tactical-nuclear controversy did not arise in a vacuum. The Pentagon has acknowledged that it is reviewing US nuclear strategy and seeking a broader range of options for regional conflicts. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby has spoken of providing more credible or “rational” nuclear choices. Adm Richard Correll, commander of US Strategic Command, has discussed an escalation spectrum that includes the possibility of a limited nuclear exchange.** > > **`US intelligence had not established that Tehran possessed a nuclear weapon or had made a final decision to build one. `** > > **`Uranium enrichment, including Iran’s claimed right to peaceful enrichment under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is not identical to manufacturing a bomb.`** > > **The danger is that Washington may now be considering nuclear means to accomplish objectives its conventional campaign failed to achieve. The term “tactical nuclear weapon” should not disguise that. “Tactical” describes an intended military role; it does not make the explosion humane, limited or reliably controllable. Such a weapon can still cause mass death, radiation exposure, environmental contamination and escalation beyond the region. Iran’s underground construction would then appear not as proof that war was necessary, but of why a weaker country believed concealment and hardening were essential to survival.** > > **The first wartime nuclear detonation since Nagasaki would transform international security. It could erode the already fragile norm against nuclear use and encourage other nuclear-armed states to describe their weapons as practical instruments of conventional warfare.** ###### **I’m going to repeat those last two paragraphs below because that is some serious food for thought**!! **`The danger is that Washington may now be considering nuclear means to accomplish objectives its conventional campaign failed to achieve. The term “tactical nuclear weapon” should not disguise that. “Tactical” describes an intended military role; it does not make the explosion humane, limited or reliably controllable. Such a weapon can still cause mass death, radiation exposure, environmental contamination and escalation beyond the region. Iran’s underground construction would then appear not as proof that war was necessary, but of why a weaker country believed concealment and hardening were essential to survival.`** **`The first wartime nuclear detonation since Nagasaki would transform international security. It could erode the already fragile norm against nuclear use and encourage other nuclear-armed states to describe their weapons as practical instruments of conventional warfare.`**