Putin hasthreatened to use nuclear weapons in Ukrainemultiple times since he ordered the full-scale invasion of the country on Feb. 24, 2022, and Russia has repeatedly warned the West that if Washington allowed Ukraine to fire Western-made missiles deep into its territory, it would consider the...
Russian nuclear doctrine allows for use of what is known as a tactical nuclear weapon - a limited nuclear explosion - to be deployed in a conventional conflict to make the enemy back down. Strategic nuclear weapons can hit targets much further afield, such as the US....
President Vladimir Putinsays Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West before an election in which he’s all but certain to secure another six-year term. The Russian leader ...
Nuclear weapons in space are not a new concept Nuclear weapons have long been considered for use in space. Initial high-altitude weapons tests found that the electronic systems of satellites in orbit could be damaged by [CHECK] the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from ...
“Simply put, these missiles, equipped with the most powerful warheads, will give their creator a new deterrent, which nuclear weapons are to this day,” Litovkin notes. According to him, the ‘Zircon’ was initially created as a countermeasure for aircraft carrier groups that consist of up ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia is responding to Ukraine's announcement that it would seek to regain nuclear weapons. Speaking via video link at a Geneva disarmament conference, Lavrov said Ukraine possessed "Soviet technologies and the means to deliver such weapons."...
-rattling over the use of nuclear weapons is nothing new but Ryabkov's comments, which echo recent statementsmade by senior officialsandthe Kremlin, point to Russia preparing the ground for changes to state policy regarding the conditions in which it would be acceptable to use nuclear weapons....
While the exact weapon remains unknown to the public, the events raise the specter of nuclear weapons in space at a tense time. Relations between the United States and Russia are at their lowest in decades, and Russia is currently waging a war of aggression in Ukraine. ...
Vice Admiral Stensønes said the new weapons are difficult to counter as “they fly low or travel underwater.” The report points to three reasons why Russia feels threatened, making the country’s nuclear deterrence more important. Firstly, Russia claims NATO has changed pat...
Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine inherited nuclear weapons following the Soviet Union’s 1991 collapse, but returned them to Russia. South Africa secretly developed but subsequently dismantled its small number of nuclear warheads. Iraq had an active nuclear weapons program prior to the 1991 Persian Gu...