The only thing that would warrant such a reaction would be another nation launching a nuclear attack on my own nation as it was during the Cold War.That is the only way and it would have be a confirmed attack coming in on Radar waring.
Perhaps if a war was in effect and my nation was losing and facing annihilation(Israel comes to mind here) of course every nation that has a viable nuclear arsenal is countering a possible foe that also has nuclear capabilities of course the whole issue with two or more nations at war and both having nuclear arsenals is the likely hood that a conflict would go nuclear of hours if not minutes.
That was the job of SAC and the the US Navy boomers they where there to let the Soviets and Chinese know that if they launched a nuclear attack SAC and the boomers would destroy that nation and no one had any doubt that Curtis LeMay would carry out his orders and his mind set stayed with SAC until it was disbanded.
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