Russia journal: Moscow mulls attainable use of nuclear arms to fend off US assault -RIA

Moscow wanted to have the ability to present the United States that it couldn’t cripple Russia’s nuclear missile system and wouldn’t have the ability to fend off a retaliatory strike, the article mentioned.

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Ukrainian service members trip a self-propelled howitzer, as Russia’s assault on Ukraine continues, close to the frontline metropolis of Bakhmut, Ukraine February 27 (Photo: Reuters)

By Reuters:

A Russian defence ministry journal says Moscow is growing a brand new kind of army technique utilizing nuclear weapons to guard towards attainable US aggression, RIA information company reported on Thursday.

The article is the newest in a sequence of combative remarks by Russian politicians and commentators after the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 final yr, suggesting Moscow would, if vital, be ready to deploy its huge nuclear arsenal.

RIA mentioned the article, printed within the Voennaya Mysl (Military Thought) journal, concluded Washington was nervous it could be dropping dominance over the world and had due to this fact “apparently” ready plans to strike Russia to neutralise it.

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In response, Russian specialists had been “actively developing a promising form of the strategic use of the Russian armed forces – an operation of strategic deterrence forces”, RIA mentioned.

This, it continued, “presupposes the use of modern strategic offensive and defensive, nuclear and non-nuclear weapons, taking into account the latest military technologies”.

Moscow, the article mentioned, wanted to have the ability to present the United States that it couldn’t cripple Russia’s nuclear missile system and wouldn’t have the ability to fend off a retaliatory strike.

Russia’s defence ministry didn’t instantly reply to a question asking for affirmation of the RIA story.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin final week suspended a landmark nuclear arms management treaty, introduced new strategic methods had been placed on fight responsibility and threatened to renew nuclear assessments.

Although Moscow says it could solely use nuclear weapons in case Russia’s territorial integrity had been threatened, Putin’s allies have repeatedly steered calamity could possibly be shut.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev this week mentioned the West’s continued provide of weaponry to Kyiv risked a world disaster, repeating a menace of nuclear conflict over Ukraine.

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Mar 2, 2023