Las Russian Armed Forces have started deployment in Baltic Sea of ships equipped with nuclear weaponrywhich means a unprecedented milestone in three decades, according to a report by the intelligence services of Norwaywhich also includes the shipment of submarines.
They would be ships of the Northern Fleet, which at the time of the Cold War was already sailing with atomic weapons to account for the weapons potential of the missing Soviet Union. Norway is not aware that modern Russia has ever resorted to this type of deployment, according to the study cited by Politico.
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The Nordic country’s intelligence acknowledges that Moscow “deliberately” stirs up fear of a possible nuclear attackunder the argument that he would be willing to use it in case it was seen threatened by external agents, particularly those linked to NATO -the bloc of which Norway is a part-.
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These capacities also remain practically intact in a context marked by the loss of equipment and personnel as a consequence of the military offensive launched on Ukraine almost a year ago, includes the report released this Tuesday, which warns of a possible escalation of tensions where the Atlantic Alliance was involved.
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, It has verbalized the threat to use nuclear weapons, although it has always claimed that it would never act in the first place, in line with the theoretical doctrine that Moscow continues to maintain today to limit their use.