According to experts, Russia has the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world, with around 6,000 warheads.
Russia is expanding and modernizing its nuclear arsenal. This was announced on Friday, December 9, by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, quoted by Reuters.
“Russia has recently been modernizing and expanding its nuclear arsenal,” Austin said at the inauguration ceremony for the US Strategic Command, which oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal.
Right now, the Kremlin is continuing its brutal and unprovoked war against Ukraine, he said.
“The whole world can see that Putin is engaging in irresponsible saber-rattling of nuclear weapons,” he said.
Earlier in the day, Putin said Russia may consider officially including in its military doctrine the possibility of delivering a preventive nuclear strike to disarm the enemy.
Earlier, he said the risk of nuclear war was growing and called Russia’s arsenal a “deterrent” in conflicts.
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Source: korrespondent
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