Putin Is Smiling: Why Did Biden Cancel The Navy’s New Nuclear Cruise Missile?
ByPatty-Jane GellerPublished16 hours ago
Joe Biden is Cutting a Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile Intended to Deter Russian Nuclear Threats to NATO – Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to rattle his nuclear saber loudly. In the run-up to his invasion of Ukraine, he ordered his nuclear weapons on “special alert status” and has since threatened more than once to use them.
As a result, Moscow’s arsenal of over 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons is now in the spotlight. Policymakers and experts take to the national media daily to debate the likelihood that Russia will use them against Ukraine or even NATO. Compared to a month ago, the nation is much better informed about Russia’s nuclear doctrine of “escalate-to-deescalate,” by which Moscow reserves the option to use one of these low-yield, battlefield nuclear weapons during a conflict in Europe to compel the enemy to back down.
What is President Biden’s response to all this? Incredibly, he has opted to eliminate a program that would deliver a nuclear missile designed to deter Russia from exercising that very option.
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/03/putin-is-smiling-why-did-biden-cancel-the-navys-new-nuclear-cruise-missile/
