Pentagon names Russia and China as major threats to US regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD) RIA News Referring to the draft strategy against weapons of mass destruction.
“While the PRC and Russia represent the main challenges in the field of weapons of mass destruction, North Korea, Iran and extremist organizations continue to be persistent regional threats that must be combated,” the document states.
The authors of the document argue that since 2014, the risk that the United States will face an armed conflict in which chemical, biological, bacteriological or nuclear weapons will be used has increased significantly.
Mikhail Kovalchuk, formerly Head of the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” offered Reviewing the nuclear deterrence policy and bringing it into line with the current situation in geopolitics.
Previously, physicists calculated where it was best to hide from a nuclear explosion.