Russia Deployed Nuclear-Capable Gear, NATO Commander Says

[Purveyor]

Source: Bloomberg

by Ian Wishart
10:50 AM EDT
May 21, 2015

Russia has deployed equipment during the conflict in eastern Ukraine that can be used for nuclear weapons, NATO’s top military commander said.

While there’s no “direct evidence” that the Kremlin has made deployments of nuclear arms, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove said on Thursday, “that does not mean that they may not have happened.”

“Lots of the systems that the Russians use to deliver nuclear weapons are dual-use systems -- they can be either conventional or nuclear -- and some of those systems are deployed,” Breedlove said.

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“We do not need to make any adjustments to our nuclear posture,” Breedlove told reporters in Brussels. “First and foremost, we have a secure, a safe and a very capable nuclear response and that’s our mission -- to keep it that way.”

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-21/russia-deployed-nuclear-capable-gear-nato-commander-says

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. Just like us. If we don't use our weapons, they go stale.

That explains why we have been at war for the past several decades.

[malthaussen]

2. All artillery of a certain caliber is nuclear-capable,

... and so are many bombers. This is not at all surprising.

-- Mal

[bluedigger]

3. Yes, it's factual fear mongering.

It's what the MIC does.

[malthaussen]

4. Apparently not just the MIC

That's what bothers me.

-- Mal

[LanternWaste]

5. Which bit then is the fear mongering...?

Which bit then is the fear mongering...? The 'no need to make adjustments" bit or the "we have a safe, a secure and a capable..." bit? (as my appreciation for melodrama rarely extends past literature or film)

“We do not need to make any adjustments to our nuclear posture,” Breedlove told reporters in Brussels. “First and foremost, we have a secure, a safe and a very capable nuclear response and that’s our mission -- to keep it that way.”

[bluedigger]

6. In Bloomberg's choice to run a non story as a story with that headline.

It didn't tell us a damn thing that wasn't already obvious to anyone with even limited knowledge of military capabilities. So why run it?

[Xolodno]

7. Didn't the House Repubs recently..

...pass a budget bill undoing the cuts to the Military and Obama threatened with a Veto?

Wondering if this was put out there to "scare" the populace into thinking there is a need for more money in the MIC.