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Papichulo #6168 "Russia’s blurring of the line between using tactical and strategic nuclear weapons in a crisis coupled with its saber-rattling statements is compelling the United States and its NATO allies to rethink their positions on deterrence, modernization and conventional forces, four national security experts told a key Senate panel.
Testifying Wednesday before the Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, Keith Payne of the National Institute for Public Policy said this rethinking is driven by President Vladimir Putin’s assertion that, “he could have Russian troops in five NATO capitals in two days.”
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Payne said Russian military leaders use the term “nuclear scalpel” to describe the change in strategy.
They believe that even first use of these weapons in a conflict would not draw a response from the West. The Russians “could convince themselves, however wrongly, we would not respond,” Franklin Miller of the Scowcroft Group added. The United States needs to make clear Moscow would face “unpredicted outcomes” if Putin used nuclear weapons." (teljes cikk)