Russia had until now been proud that, unlike the United States, it did not deploy nuclear weapons outside its borders as tension with the West rises over the Ukraine war.
Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus, President Vladimir Putin said, marking the first time since the mid-1990s that Moscow will have based such arms outside the country.over the Ukraine war“Tactical” nuclear weapons refer to those used for specific gains in the battlefield rather than those with the capacity to wipe out cities. It is unclear how many such weapons Russia has, given it is an area still shrouded in traditions of Cold War secrecy.
“There is nothing unusual here either: firstly, the United States has been doing this for decades. They have long deployed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allied countries,” he said. “They have allies in certain countries and they train ... their crews. We are going to do the same thing.”Russia hascapable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons, Putin said, adding that Moscow had already transferred to Belarus a number of Iskander tactical missile systems that can launch nuclear weapons.
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