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Russia Warns US Against Using Low-Yield Nukes, Threatens Full Nuclear Retaliation

• https://news.antiwar.com, Jason Ditz

Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Wednesday warning the US against putting low-yield nuclear weapons on their submarines and using them, saying any use of a low-yield weapon against Russia would yield to a very full retaliation.

The US State Department has been pushing arguments to deploy such missiles as a way to counter Russia and China at sea, arguing that the submarines need low-yield nuclear options. They argue that having such weapons makes nuclear war less likely.

Russian officials, however, say that's only the case if the US isn't attacking people with those nuclear weapons, noting that Russia has a long-standing nuclear retaliation policy that would prescribe retaliation against a low-yield nuclear strike like any other nuclear strike.


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