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The article presents a response to an essay entitled "The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy," by Keir Lieber and Daryl Press. The original paper claimed that the Pentagon structured the United States' nuclear arsenal to a goal of deterring nuclear attack on the United States, which the author claims is a mischaracterization of U.S. policy. Declassified documents and public statements from individuals including Defense Secretaries Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford are used to support the author's assertion.

The article presents a response to an essay entitled "The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy," by Keir Lieber and Daryl Press. The author refutes the original paper's assertions that United States nuclear policy is geared towards making the U.S. the world's supreme nuclear power, alleging that the U.S. Air Force is actively upgrading its nuclear arsenal to make it more lethal. The United States Department of Defense counteracts this assertion by claiming that improvements to nuclear weapons are designed to make them safer rather than deadlier.