From a military and technical point of view, Russia is ready for a nuclear war, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Dmitry Kiselev for Rossiya 1 and RIA Novosti. At the same time, the head of state noted that he does not believe that “everything is being taken so seriously”.
“From the military-technical point of view, of course, we are ready. We have them constantly, constantly in a state of combat readiness,” the Russian president said when asked if the country was really ready for a nuclear war.
Putin recalled that Washington had announced that it would not send its troops to Ukraine.According to the Russian president, the US understands that Russia would consider such a step, as well as the introduction of US troops onto Russian territory, as an intervention.
According to Putin, US President Joe Biden is a representative of the traditional political school.
“Besides Biden, there are enough other specialists in the field of US-Russian relations and strategic restraint. So I don’t think that everything will go straight to the point here, but we are ready for it,” the president explained.
Putin also noted that Moscow was ready to use nuclear weapons if the existence of the Russian state or damage to the country’s sovereignty and independence were at stake.
According to him, weapons exist to be used.
“We have our own principles. They say what they mean: that we are ready to use weapons, including any weapons, including the kind you mentioned, if the existence of the Russian state, damage to our sovereignty and independence are at stake. Everything is written in our strategy, we have not changed it,” the president stressed.
Putin also added that Russia’s nuclear triad is more modern than the triads of other states, this is confirmed by experts.
“We and the Americans have only such triads, as a matter of fact. And we have advanced much more here. We have a more modern nuclear component. In general, we have an approximate parity in terms of carriers and charges, but ours is more modern. Everyone knows it, experts know it,” the president added.