"Our strategy will ensure Russia understands that any use of nuclear weapons, however limited, is unacceptable," the document, known as the Nuclear Posture Review, said. The rationale for building up new nuclear capabilities, US officials said, is that Russia currently perceives the United States' nuclear posture and capabilities as inadequate. By expanding its own low-yield nuclear capability, the United States would deter Russia from using nuclear weapons, US officials argue. Low-yield nuclear weapons, while still devastating, have a strength of less than 20 kilotons. "If we put nuclear weapons on cruise missiles and we launch conventional cruise missiles, how does Russia know that they are conventional?"

Source: bd News24 February 02, 2018 21:45 UTC