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Putin’s Nuclear Bluffs

September 20 2022

Russia has increasingly relied on its nuclear capabilities to
deter interference in issues it views as important. The war
in Ukraine has been no different, with Moscow regularly
threatening nuclear weapons use to deter Western support.
Above, an ICBM is launched from the Plesetsk facility in
northwestern Russia during an exercise on Dec. 9, 2020.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia and the U.S. continued efforts to reduce their nuclear stockpiles, recognizing the danger...

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