{
  "id": 17555,
  "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/08/pentagon-wants-expanding-options-for-nuclear-weapons-officials-say",
  "title": "Pentagon wants ‘expanding options’ for nuclear weapons, officials say",
  "summary": "“There’s, you know, a review or sort of relook at the employment guidance, which is more about the commander of STRATCOM and his responsibilities and [the defense] secretary’s authorities, etcetera,” said Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby.",
  "authors": "Ashley Roque and Aaron Mehta",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation,jobs-economy,military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-07T16:21:19.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-08T05:10:34.355Z",
  "source_slug": "x-breaking-defense-ai",
  "source_name": "Breaking Defense (AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://breakingdefense.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17555",
  "original_url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/08/pentagon-wants-expanding-options-for-nuclear-weapons-officials-say",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}