“Russia’s nuclear threat is unacceptable, and nuclear weapons should never be used,” said Kishida, whose constituency is Hiroshima, at a news conference. A Reuters report states:nuclear superpowerRussia, which inherited nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union, It has the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world. Of those, about 1,500 weapons have been retired (but are probably still retained), 2889 are in reserve and about 1588 are strategic weapons deployed. The United States has approximately 1,644 strategic nuclear weapons deployed. According to Russia’s nuclear doctrine, the Russian President is the final decision maker on whether to use Russian nuclear weapons, both strategic and non-strategic.

Source: Daily Nation February 25, 2023 05:02 UTC