Washington: “Mister President, should Americans be concerned about nuclear war?” shouted a reporter Joe Biden on Monday white House,
“No,” the US President replied quickly without taking a step, ignoring the same question on earlier occasions. The White House later said there would be no change in the US nuclear posture in response to the Russian leader Vladimir Putin Raising the alertness level of your arsenal.
But under the guise of peace in Washington, American analysts and experts on Russia and Putin Nuclear is less optimistic about the chicken game that is unfolding. fiona hillA former White House official who is an expert on Russia and a biographer of Putin said politician That the Russian leader is fully capable of using a nuclear weapon.
“The thing about Putin is if he has a tool, he wants to use it. If you can’t then why is it? He’s already used a nuclear weapon in some cases,” He outlined incidents where Russian dissidents were attacked with radioactive substances.
“So if someone thinks Putin won’t use something he has that’s unusual and cruel, think again. Every time you think, “No, he wouldn’t, right?” Yes, He will. And He wants us to know that, of course. It’s not that we should be intimidated and intimidated. That’s exactly what He wants us to be. We have to prepare for those contingencies and know that Have to figure out what it is that we’re going to do to get them away,” she said.
But of all the nuclear signals, what is not certain is if the US has a contingency plan in what appears to be Putin’s trump card: hypersonic missiles, which can evade any US missile defense, and for which America doesn’t have a match. Putin seems to be referring to this when he warned last month that Russia has better technology.
In fact, Hill referred to an incident when she was a White House aide when Putin tried to warn Trump about it, “but I don’t think Trump knew what he was saying.”
“When I was there at one of the last meetings between Putin and Trump,” she recalled, “Putin was saying: ‘You know, Donald, we have these hypersonic missiles.’ And Trump was saying, ‘Well, we’ll get them too.’ Putin was saying, ‘Well, yeah, you’ll get them eventually, but we’ve got them first.'”
“There was a danger in this exchange. Putin was giving us notices that the nuclear option would be on the table if the conflict broke out,” he said.
In most respects, the US has lagged behind in the hypersonic missile sector and China also mastered the technology last year. US analysts believe Putin has been encouraged to invade Ukraine, relying on his superior weapons, both domestically and in relation to NATO, on top of perceived US weakness.
But he doesn’t seem to have another powerful American weapon: the ability to rally the world to its narrative and call it the financial bomb, virtually nuclear on the financial front.
Putin, his allies and wealthy supporters, called oligarchs, have all been subjected to ruthless financial sanctions that have virtually cut him off from the international financial system, and indeed from engaging physically with the West. Russian aircraft have been denied overflight and landing rights. in Europe.
On Tuesday, the US and its European diplomats boycotted the Russian foreign minister Sergei LavrovSpeech at the United Nations Human Rights Forum. Various world bodies, including sports federations such as FIFA, the World Football Federation, began cutting Russia off from events. Munich Philharmonic Dismissed Conductor Valery Gergiev Over his failure to condemn Putin, and in a humble touch, the International Taekwondo Organization cancels Putin’s honorary 9th dan black belt Which was given to him in November 2013.
“No,” the US President replied quickly without taking a step, ignoring the same question on earlier occasions. The White House later said there would be no change in the US nuclear posture in response to the Russian leader Vladimir Putin Raising the alertness level of your arsenal.
But under the guise of peace in Washington, American analysts and experts on Russia and Putin Nuclear is less optimistic about the chicken game that is unfolding. fiona hillA former White House official who is an expert on Russia and a biographer of Putin said politician That the Russian leader is fully capable of using a nuclear weapon.
“The thing about Putin is if he has a tool, he wants to use it. If you can’t then why is it? He’s already used a nuclear weapon in some cases,” He outlined incidents where Russian dissidents were attacked with radioactive substances.
“So if someone thinks Putin won’t use something he has that’s unusual and cruel, think again. Every time you think, “No, he wouldn’t, right?” Yes, He will. And He wants us to know that, of course. It’s not that we should be intimidated and intimidated. That’s exactly what He wants us to be. We have to prepare for those contingencies and know that Have to figure out what it is that we’re going to do to get them away,” she said.
But of all the nuclear signals, what is not certain is if the US has a contingency plan in what appears to be Putin’s trump card: hypersonic missiles, which can evade any US missile defense, and for which America doesn’t have a match. Putin seems to be referring to this when he warned last month that Russia has better technology.
In fact, Hill referred to an incident when she was a White House aide when Putin tried to warn Trump about it, “but I don’t think Trump knew what he was saying.”
“When I was there at one of the last meetings between Putin and Trump,” she recalled, “Putin was saying: ‘You know, Donald, we have these hypersonic missiles.’ And Trump was saying, ‘Well, we’ll get them too.’ Putin was saying, ‘Well, yeah, you’ll get them eventually, but we’ve got them first.'”
“There was a danger in this exchange. Putin was giving us notices that the nuclear option would be on the table if the conflict broke out,” he said.
In most respects, the US has lagged behind in the hypersonic missile sector and China also mastered the technology last year. US analysts believe Putin has been encouraged to invade Ukraine, relying on his superior weapons, both domestically and in relation to NATO, on top of perceived US weakness.
But he doesn’t seem to have another powerful American weapon: the ability to rally the world to its narrative and call it the financial bomb, virtually nuclear on the financial front.
Putin, his allies and wealthy supporters, called oligarchs, have all been subjected to ruthless financial sanctions that have virtually cut him off from the international financial system, and indeed from engaging physically with the West. Russian aircraft have been denied overflight and landing rights. in Europe.
On Tuesday, the US and its European diplomats boycotted the Russian foreign minister Sergei LavrovSpeech at the United Nations Human Rights Forum. Various world bodies, including sports federations such as FIFA, the World Football Federation, began cutting Russia off from events. Munich Philharmonic Dismissed Conductor Valery Gergiev Over his failure to condemn Putin, and in a humble touch, the International Taekwondo Organization cancels Putin’s honorary 9th dan black belt Which was given to him in November 2013.