Putin signs new Russian nuclear doctrine after Biden's arms decision for Ukraine
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President Vladimir Putin has signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28311786

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.

The signing of the doctrine, which says that any massive aerial attack on Russia could trigger a nuclear response, reflects Putin’s readiness to threaten use of the country’s nuclear arsenal to force the West to back down as Moscow presses a slow-moving offensive in Ukraine.

  • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    The US does not have a launch-on-warning system in place.

    while the United States maintains the capability to launch nuclear forces under conditions of an ongoing nuclear attack, it does not rely on a launch-under-attack policy to ensure a credible response. Rather, U.S. nuclear forces are postured to withstand an initial attack. In all cases, the United States will maintain a human “in the loop” for all actions critical to informing and executing decisions by the President to initiate and terminate nuclear weapon employment.

    https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/27/2003103845/-1/-1/1/2022-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY-NPR-MDR.pdf

    • Zron@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Just because it’s not mechanically automatic, does not mean it’s not a launch on warning system.

      The key phrase there is “it does not rely on a launch-under-attack policy to ensure credible defense”

      If the US detects a ICBM launch, it will launch a response. It does not matter if the thing that presses the button is a person or an automated program.

      Launch on warning just means a country won’t physically absorb a nuclear strike before launching, but will launch if an enemy launch is detected. It has nothing to do with automatic launch systems.

      • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 hours ago

        Yes thank you. What I said was that our warning system is not our trigger. Our triggers have people pulling them. I went back and hyphenated it properly for you.

        Unlike Russian nuclear policy in this regard, known a Dead Hand aka Permitr, where the warning system is also the trigger.