The Impact of Russia’s Posturing on Nuclear Weapons and Global Security

“It is interesting that this behavior of Russia has normalized the issues of nuclear weapons and their use, which used to be a taboo subject. In general, it can be said that Russia’s first goal is to ensure that Russia is not forgotten and that it must be reckoned with, talked about, while the second goal is to intimidate societies mainly in Western countries,” Balodis said.

He pointed out that such rhetoric is planned to increase the insecurity, fear and uncertainty of the population about what is happening, so that the opinion of the Western countries that they should sit down at the negotiating table with Russia will increase. It is possible that in that case Russia would try to trade and set rules – if the Western countries want Russia to cooperate in some issues, the Western countries must give something in return.

Asked if Russia could conduct nuclear tests, Balodis said that if it is for research or experimental purposes, such a possibility cannot be ruled out, as it has happened in the past years. However, the available information shows that they were unsuccessful and in some cases too tragic.

“In this way, Russia could try to demonstrate its readiness, power and capacity to theoretically use nuclear weapons. I want to emphasize that there is a rather large gap between the readiness to use nuclear weapons for experimental purposes and to test new weapon systems, and between the real readiness to use nuclear weapons in combat conditions. You cannot draw parallels here. a sign that one leads to the other,” said the researcher.

TVNET already wrote that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said on October 5 that Moscow could withdraw its participation in the nuclear test ban treaty.

Speaking at a propaganda event billed as a forum of foreign “political experts,” Putin said the United States has signed but not ratified the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. The dictator added that Moscow could also decide to cancel the ratification.

The USSR last conducted a nuclear test in 1990, shortly before its collapse. Russia, the successor to the rights of the USSR, has not conducted any nuclear tests and in 2000 ratified the treaty banning them.

2023-10-08 06:19:00
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