peskov: russia is updating its nuclear doctrine amid western challenges
2024-09-08
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recently, several russian officials, including russian presidential press secretary peskov, have stated that russia is formulating an updated nuclear doctrine that takes western actions into account.
on the 1st of this month, russian deputy foreign minister ryabkov said that russia will analyze the series of escalation measures taken by the west after launching special military operations in russia, and on this basis, modify russia's nuclear doctrine.
in this regard, peskov said on the 4th that russia's updating of nuclear doctrine is a requirement of the current agenda and national affairs, and these agendas and national affairs are the result of actions by western countries. these actions include refusing to dialogue with russia, continuing to implement policies that attack russia's interests and security, and provoking the long-term conflict between russia and ukraine.
the goal of russia's nuclear doctrine update is to clarify the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons
viktor litovkin, a retired russian army colonel and military expert, said that russia's current nuclear doctrine includes four key points and is divided into two documents: one is russia's general military theory; the other is the "russian basic state policy of nuclear deterrence" signed and effective in june 2020. the two documents respectively stipulate under what circumstances russia uses nuclear weapons and under what circumstances russia is allowed to launch nuclear weapons. litovkin analyzed that the ultimate goal of the updated russian nuclear doctrine is to "combine the two documents into one" and "clarify the role of nuclear weapons in ensuring russia's security and ensuring deterrence against potential aggressors."
nato and russia's "nuclear battle" against the backdrop of the russian-ukrainian conflict
against the backdrop of the protracted russian-ukrainian conflict, both nato and russia have shown signs of "flexing their muscles" in terms of nuclear deterrence. the u.s. politico website previously reported that the united states has accelerated the deployment of "upgraded" nuclear bombs b61-12 to multiple nato bases in europe to replace old versions of the weapons. as of 2023, the united states has deployed hundreds of nuclear bombs at six air force bases in belgium, germany, the netherlands, turkey and italy. in march this year, the u.s. "defense express" website also disclosed that the f-35a joint strike fighter has been certified to carry b61-12 tactical nuclear bombs. nato secretary-general stoltenberg declared in june this year that nato needs to adjust its nuclear capabilities and demonstrate the effectiveness of nuclear deterrence. he also claimed that nato member states are discussing putting nato nuclear warheads on combat readiness.
russia has repeatedly warned that the actions of western countries have increased the risk of nuclear war, and that if the united states and its allies use "escalation actions" to force russia, russia may change its nuclear policy.
however, russian president vladimir putin said in june this year that russia might only use nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances where national sovereignty and territorial integrity are threatened.
russian president vladimir putin: russia will only use nuclear weapons in very special circumstances, that is, when our sovereignty and territorial integrity are threatened. i do not think that there is a situation where nuclear weapons need to be used now, and there is no need (to use nuclear weapons).
in response to the west, russia conducted non-strategic nuclear force exercises in three phases in may, june and july this year, testing the combat readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to perform combat missions, and practicing the deployment of non-strategic nuclear weapons and their use in combat.
