Washington, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns said on Thursday that Russia’s frustration with the attack on Ukraine was due to President Vladimir Putin’s decision to acquire a short-range and less powerful nuclear weapon, the Nuclear Weapons. Can provoke for.
During a speech in Atlanta, Burns said, “Given the frustrations of President Putin and the Russian leadership and the military failures they have faced so far, none of us can take the risk of resorting to short-range and less powerful nuclear weapons lightly.” ‘
Addressing students at Georgia Tech University, Burns said the Kremlin had said it had placed Russian nuclear forces on high alert immediately after the February 24 attacks began. More worrying, however, is that the United States has not seen “a lot of practical evidence” of actual deployment.
“We are clearly very concerned,” Burns said. I know that President Biden is very concerned about surviving World War III. You know that nuclear war is possible after surviving to some extent. ‘
Russia has a number of short-range nuclear weapons that are less powerful than the bombs dropped on the United States and Hiroshima during World War II.
There is a principle in Russian military doctrine called escalate to de-escalate. It also includes launching a less powerful nuclear attack before the situation worsens in the traditional conflict with the West.
