Russia could modify its military doctrine by introducing the possibility of a preemptive strike to disarm an enemy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
He was responding to a question from a journalist during a visit to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, who asked him to clarify his statement earlier this week on the use of nuclear weapons.
Speaking to reporters days after warning that the risk of nuclear war was growing but Russia would not strike first, Vladimir Putin said Moscow was considering adopting what he called Washington’s concept of a preemptive strike.
“First, the United States has developed the concept of a preemptive strike. Second, it is developing an attack system aimed at disarming” the enemy, President Putin told reporters after his visit to Kyrgyzstan.
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He added that Moscow should perhaps think about adopting the “ideas developed by the Americans to ensure their own security.” “We’re just thinking about it,” she said, however.
The Russian president also claimed that his country’s cruise missiles and hypersonic systems were “more modern and even more efficient” than those of the United States.
On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin assured that Moscow would not be the first to deploy atomic weapons.
“Russia would not use them first under any circumstances,” he said, before adding: “But if it does not use them first under any circumstances, it will not be the second to use them either, because the chances of using them in the event of a nuclear attack on our territory They are very rare.”
The US State Department condemned these statements, saying that “any discussion, however vague, about nuclear weapons is utterly irresponsible.”
Source: BFM TV
