The strategy is being overseen by Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon's policy chief, who has long called for the US to prepare to fight a "limited nuclear war"The Pentagon is reportedly drafting a new nuclear strategy that’s expected to emphasize the use of tactical nuclear weapons to give the president more “options” in a potential nuclear conflict. The idea would be to shift the US nuclear strategy away from the focus on using strategic nuclear weapons to wipe out an adversary’s nuclear capabilities and focus more on the possibility of using smaller, tactical nuclear weapons in a “regional” conflict. “Without a firm rejection of the option to use nuclear weapons first in a conflict, by building and fielding more tactical nuclear weapons the administration is signaling its intention to use them against enemy forces and industrial infrastructure in a conflict,” the Arms Control Association said in response to the NBC report. Colby has been one of the leading voices in Washington’s policy circles advocating for the US to prepare for limited nuclear war. “This requires conventional military power, but it also means having the right strategy and weapons to fight a limited nuclear war and come out on top.”