exactly.
whats interesting is the reliable sources this story is coming from. to be an officer at a nuclear base you would need to have top secret security clearance. that means you have had EXTENSIVE background checks, credit checks, character refrences, investigations and/or lie detectors. If people who have gone through that type of screening all agree on the same, potentially earth shattering stories that frightens me.
the first thing any military would do would be to degrade their enemies defensive capability. without nukes it would be like having a slingshot against an M1 Abrams. not going to end well...