Nuclear Escalation
In a world already on edge due to geopolitical tensions, the recent announcement by Russia regarding tactical nuclear weapon drills is nothing short of alarming.
In a world already on edge due to geopolitical tensions, the recent announcement by Russia regarding tactical nuclear weapon drills is nothing short of alarming.
Earlier, Putin made a statement about plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in the territory of Russia's neighbour and ally.
North Korea tested a new underwater nuclear weapon earlier this week capable of spawning a "radioactive tsunami", Pyongyang's state media said on Friday.
The clear objective is to strangulate and exterminate identified people; full details of the specific nature of the acts of violence are available in the public domain.
Tehran clearly sees itself as a strong regional force which, in collaboration with Moscow and Beijing, can take on the West both economically and, if required, militarily.
Arguably, Iran could reach a point like North Korea did nearly 20 years ago when, in its reckoning, its decision on possessing the ultimate weapon outweighs any further international sanctions.
Iran is already enriching up to 60 per cent, which is far above a cap of 3.67 per cent under Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
The three generations of ICBMs could be the DF-5, DF-31 and DF-41, all of which were capable of striking targets more than 10,000 kilometres away with a deviation of less than a few dozen metres, carrying single or multiple thermonuclear warheads.
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