The Russian president, Vladimir Putinordered the holding of exercises this Tuesday for the strategic nuclear deterrent forces in order to rehearse the launch of ballistic and cruise missiles.
“We will train the actions of the commanders to control the use of nuclear weapons with launches of ballistic and cruise missiles,” he said. Putin during a statement broadcast on Russian television.
Putin He stressed that, “taking into account the increase in geopolitical tensions and the emergence of new external threats and risks, it is important to have modern strategic forces that are permanently ready for use in combat.”
He stressed that the nuclear triad – intercontinental missiles, atomic submarines and strategic aviation – continues to be a “reliable guarantor of the sovereignty and security of our country, which allows us to fulfill the tasks of strategic deterrence.”
In addition, he added, it also allows “to maintain nuclear parity and the balance of forces in the world as objective factors of global stability.”
Use of nuclear weapons
At the same time, Putin assured that “Russia confirms its position of principle that the use of nuclear weapons is an extreme and extraordinary measure to guarantee security.”
The head of the Kremlin insisted that Moscow It intends to continue perfecting all the components of its nuclear arsenal within the framework of the state rearmament program, for which it has enormously increased defense spending since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
This will include supplying strategic forces with new stationary and mobile missile systems that are much more accurate and also require less time to launch, he explained.
“And, what is very important, with greater possibilities of overcoming anti-missile defense systems,” he added, referring to the American shield.
However, he assured that, although Russia intends to strengthen its nuclear forces with modern weapons – currently that indicator is 94% -, it does not plan to become involved in a “new arms war” as happened to the Soviet Union.
At the end of last July Russia carried out jointly with Belarus tactical nuclear maneuvers with the use of ballistic missiles Iskander-M.
Recently, Putin announced the modification of the current nuclear doctrine after the West considered allowing Ukraine use long-range weapons against targets on Russian territory.
The new doctrine contemplates the use of nuclear weapons in the event of a conventional attack that threatens the sovereignty of Russia y Belarus.
Negotiations are currently stalled between Russia y USA for the signing of a new STARTwhich expires in 2026 and is the last strategic disarmament treaty between both superpowers. EFE
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