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Putin's arsenal of missiles may not be as threatening as many feared after US officials claimed the majority of Russia's warheads do not work.
Not only that but sophisticated silicon chips are becoming very hard to source.
While warnings of full-blown nuclear war to tactical nukes being used on the battlefield in Ukraine have been widespread, some US officials are now suggesting that NATO should not be fearful of such scenarios.
In March, three US officials with intelligence on Russian warheads claimed that around 60 percent of Moscow's missiles do not work.
According to Reuters, Russia launched more than 1,100 missiles between late February and the end of March.
Their claims come with the backdrop of a potential global conflict and in effect World War 3, with Republican Mitt Romney this week saying that NATO "could engage" in Ukraine, "potentially obliterating Russia's struggling military."
Writing for the New York Times, he said: "You are either with us, or you are with Russia — you cannot be with both."
"Russia's use of a nuclear weapon would unarguably be a redefining, reorienting geopolitical event, Any nation that chose to retain ties with Russia after such an outrage would itself also become a global pariah."
The former presidential candidate also said that a "cornered and delusional" Putin could use nuclear weapons on the ground against Ukraine.
Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence in the US, also believes Putin would use nuclear weapons if pushed into a desperate position.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1615231/putin-news-russia-nuclear-ukraine-war-nukes-spt
Putin's arsenal of missiles may not be as threatening as many feared after US officials claimed the majority of Russia's warheads do not work.
Not only that but sophisticated silicon chips are becoming very hard to source.
While warnings of full-blown nuclear war to tactical nukes being used on the battlefield in Ukraine have been widespread, some US officials are now suggesting that NATO should not be fearful of such scenarios.
In March, three US officials with intelligence on Russian warheads claimed that around 60 percent of Moscow's missiles do not work.
According to Reuters, Russia launched more than 1,100 missiles between late February and the end of March.
Their claims come with the backdrop of a potential global conflict and in effect World War 3, with Republican Mitt Romney this week saying that NATO "could engage" in Ukraine, "potentially obliterating Russia's struggling military."
Writing for the New York Times, he said: "You are either with us, or you are with Russia — you cannot be with both."
"Russia's use of a nuclear weapon would unarguably be a redefining, reorienting geopolitical event, Any nation that chose to retain ties with Russia after such an outrage would itself also become a global pariah."
The former presidential candidate also said that a "cornered and delusional" Putin could use nuclear weapons on the ground against Ukraine.
Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence in the US, also believes Putin would use nuclear weapons if pushed into a desperate position.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1615231/putin-news-russia-nuclear-ukraine-war-nukes-spt
