– For the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we have a direct threat to use nuclear weapons, if things continue in the same direction they have gone, Joe Biden said last night. The president’s statements came at an election campaign event in New York, according to the Reuters news agency. – We have not faced the possibility of “Armageddon” since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis, said Biden. Does Putin think he’s not kidding? The Cuban Missile Crisis was the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962. The Soviet Union had then decided to deploy missiles with nuclear warheads on the Caribbean island, not far from the United States. The crisis brought the two superpowers very close to a possible nuclear war. 1962: John F. Kennedy signs the order for a blockade of Cuba until the missiles in question are removed. Photo: – / AFP In his speech in New York last night, Biden said that Vladimir Putin “is not kidding when he talks about the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons, because his military is significantly underperforming.” Reuters reports. Russia’s nuclear weapons doctrine states that nuclear weapons can be used when the country’s existence is threatened, and according to Western experts, this doctrine is unchanged, NTB writes. Støre: – Very seriously Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre perceives Biden’s statements as “a comment on what has come, directly or indirectly, from Russian leaders about the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons”. – There is reason to say that just that in itself is very serious, says Støre to news. CATASTROPHIC: A nuclear war would be catastrophic, also for Russia, believes Prime Minister Støre. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB About Joe Biden’s reference to what happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis, in the early 60s, Støre says this: – There were threats against threats. It affected the entire international situation. That is probably what Biden distances himself from, and emphasizes the seriousness of it. – Do you agree with him? – Pointing out the seriousness of threatening, directly or indirectly, with nuclear weapons, I agree with. I assume that it will of course be disastrous, also for Russia. Therefore, I think that it is a tool they use more to threaten in a difficult situation. Støre says he urges that “we take the situation firmly and calmly”. – This type of statement from Russia must not cause the democracies to become unwise in their responses. We must follow what is happening, the way people act – take our precautions, and reject that level of threatening rhetoric, says the Prime Minister. Pointing to nuclear weapons in speech Vladimir Putin talked about nuclear weapons in his speech on September 21 when he announced a “partial” military mobilization in Russia. There, his statements were interpreted as the Russian president hinting at the possible use of nuclear weapons. MOBILIZATION: Putin’s hint about the use of nuclear weapons came in connection with the military mobilization of Russian men. Photo: AP On the same day, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called Putin’s statements “dangerous and reckless nuclear rhetoric”. In his speech, Vladimir Putin said that “if the country’s territorial integrity is threatened, we will without a doubt use all means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people.” – This is not a hoax, said the president, claiming that Russia is being “blackmailed with nuclear weapons”. – Those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing wind can blow in their direction, Putin said. Jens Stoltenberg later said that “Putin knows very well that a nuclear war will never be fought and cannot be won, and it will have unimaginable consequences for Russia”. NEVER A NUCLEAR WAR: – Putin knows very well that a nuclear war should never be fought and cannot be won, said NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg recently. Photo: YVES HERMAN / Reuters Russia’s former president and prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of the security council in the Duma, has also hinted at the possible use of nuclear weapons.
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