He also said Moscow had successfully tested a nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable cruise missile. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held out the possibility that Russia could resume nuclear testing for the first time in more than three decades and might withdraw its ratification of a landmark nuclear test ban treaty.
“I hear calls to start testing nuclear weapons, to return to testing,” Mr Putin added, referring to suggestions from hardline political scientists and commentators who say such a move could send a powerful message to Moscow’s enemies in the West.He noted that the United States had signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty but not ratified it while Russia had signed and ratified it.
He was answering a question from hardline Russian political scientist Sergei Karaganov who wants a tougher nuclear stance. Mr Karaganov asked if Mr Putin should lower the nuclear threshold to sober up Russia’s “insolent” partners. In February, Mr Putin suspended Russia’s participation in the New START treaty that limits the number of nuclear weapons each side can deploy.
Mr Putin said it was the West that had fomented the conflict in Ukraine, which he cast as part of a much larger struggle between Russia and an arrogant West. As he spoke the rouble weakened beyond 100 per US dollar. The rouble was trading at around 80 per US dollar the day before Mr Putin ordered troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
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