Nuclear Attack Doctrine: Russia is going to change its policy regarding use of nuclear weapons. After doing this, Russia will be able to decide on a nuclear attack in a short time. The chairman of the Defense Committee of the Russian Parliament said that if Russia feels that the threat is increasing, it can order a nuclear attack as soon as possible. Russia is the world’s largest nuclear power. Russia has the highest number of nuclear bombs on alert mood. Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin also talked about improving his country’s official nuclear doctrine.
The head of the Russian parliament’s defense committee, Andrei Kartapolov, told state news agency RIA on Sunday that the timing of decisions on the use of nuclear weapons could be changed if threats increase. News agency RIA quoted Kartapolov as saying, ‘If we see that the challenges are increasing and the country is in danger, then we can speed up the decision on nuclear attack and change its policy.’ Actually, Kartapolov was once commanding the Russian army in Syria, but is currently an MP of the ruling party United Russia Party.
Under what circumstances will Russia launch a nuclear attack?
Russia’s 2020 nuclear doctrine determines under what circumstances the country’s president would consider the use of nuclear weapons. According to this, when the very existence of the country is in danger, then weapons of mass destruction can be considered. Now the Russian government wants to make some changes in this principle. According to the Federation of American Scientists, Russia and America are the world’s largest nuclear powers. These two countries have about 88 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons. Both countries are modernizing their nuclear arsenal, while China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal.
There is no need for nuclear attack in Ukraine war
On the other hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin had said this month that Russia does not need a nuclear attack to win the war with Ukraine. With this, Russia made it clear that the deadliest attack by the West since the Second World War will not turn into a nuclear war, but Russia has also said many times that nuclear weapons can be used if necessary. Could. Now Russia is talking about changing the principle of using nuclear weapons. It is believed that some fundamentalist ideological people of Russia are putting this kind of pressure on the Russian government.