The head of U.S. Strategic Command wants to enhance a new suite of capabilities that do not involve dropping bombs -- either conventional or nuclear -- and which are effective in deterring adversaries, particularly terrorist networks and violent extremists. Gen. James Cartwright, leader of the Omaha-based command, said new, "non-kinetic" military tools are needed to address a wider array of security challenges than those faced during the Cold War, when nuclear weapons -- particularly the threat of mutually assured destruction...
