Russian President Putin signs a new doctrine that lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons
Russian President Putin signs a new doctrine that lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons
President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, following U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
Putin’s endorsement of the new nuclear deterrent policy comes on the 1,000th day after he sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
It follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles.
The signing of the doctrine, which says that any massive aerial attack on Russia could trigger a nuclear response, reflects Putin’s readiness to threaten use of the country’s nuclear arsenal to force the West to back down as Moscow presses a slow-moving offensive in Ukraine.
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Couldn't he have just used them whenever he wanted anyway? Who in his country would stop him? I could see his generals advising against it but at the same time, they know they could be killed for the wrong opinions.
in his country? no one. in general? that one nuclear bunker buster in Wyoming with his name written on it
Link? That sounds interesting.
There's no mention of bunker buster or Wisconsin on that page.
Sorry, i meant Wyoming. That's where american ICBMs are. Bunker is where Putin is likely to be in such scenario, and all probable locations are known to american strategic targeting
Posturing. Nothing more. He's trowing the weekly Trumpian hissy fit.