US National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said the nuclear rhetoric of senior Russian officials was disturbing. This was reported by RIA News.
“The nuclear rhetoric coming out of Moscow, not just from Putin but also from Lavrov, Peskov and others, is troubling,” Kirby said.
According to him, the United States is monitoring Russian nuclear forces. He also added that the country does not want to change the readiness of its own nuclear forces.
Stavros Atlamazoğlu, who was previously a columnist for the American magazine The National Interest (TNI) statedHe said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements regarding the possibility of using nuclear weapons should be taken seriously.
According to Atlamazoğlu, the Russian leader was talking about the ability to launch nuclear weapons from land, air and sea. The ability to launch a nuclear attack from these three sites provides the best deterrence because it allows for retaliation in the event of a surprise attack. He noted that the Russian Federation has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, with approximately 5,600 nuclear warheads, more than 300 intercontinental ballistic missiles with a capacity of approximately 1,200 nuclear warheads, and 11 nuclear submarines with ballistic missiles.
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