- First, it is leading to “a sharp imbalance between Northern Eurasia and North America in the sphere of strategic arms. The Russian Federation will be forced to reduce by almost a third the number of its nuclear weapons” that are ready to be used. “Put in simplest terms,” the commentator says, “the era of nuclear parity is receding into the past.”
- Second, he continues, “the Russian Federation is losing its most threatening weapon; the only argument which is has to present itself as ‘a strategic partner’ for the US.
- And third, the lengthening delays in putting new weapons systems on line may mean that they will never go operational at all.
Further Reading:
- ‘Undoubtedly Russia has put nuclear weapons in occupied Crimea,’ Felgenhauer says
- Moscow pushing Ukraine toward becoming a nuclear power again, Pastukhov says
- Past due bills for housing forcing Russian defense ministry to cut weapons acquisitions
- Hollow ‘paper divisions’ are ever larger portion of Russian army, Golts says
- Moscow’s much-ballyhooed Vostok-2018 military maneuvers involve far fewer soldiers than advertised, Golts says
- Russian military having serious problems retaining contract soldiers, new data show
- Is Russia getting ready to launch a nuclear strike from Crimea?
- Russia can no longer afford a blue water navy, defense minister suggests
- Three signs Russian military and its political bosses are in trouble
- Ten types of Russian weapons didn’t work well in Syria, the Russian defense minister says
- Weakness not strength behind Putin’s new doctrine for broader information war abroad and at home
- Putin and Russia both far weaker than many think, three analysts say
- Kremlin nuclear hysteria: To wage or not to wage nuclear war
- Russia’s nuclear threats and spy games
- Putin’s nuclear brinkmanship betrays his military’s backwardness, Felgenhauer says
- Kremlin thinks West would not respond even to a small nuclear bomb attack, Kovalyev says