Russia Officially Declares Right to Nuke Potential Aggressor
by Al Remington | October 16, 2009
A new version of Russia’s military doctrine will contain details of using nuclear arms when repelling aggression with the use of conventional means of destruction in both large-scale and local armed conflicts.
Nikolai Patrushev, the head of Russia’s Security Council, said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper that Russia would consider an opportunity of using nuclear arms depending on circumstances and intentions of a potential enemy.
“In situations critical for national security, a preventive nuclear strike against the aggressor is not ruled out,” he said.
Further on in the article, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was quoted as saying: …not very much. Bill was like that with Korea.
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