
How America watches for a nuclear strike
Moscow has long prepared to use relatively small nuclear blasts to offset battlefield losses. Some experts are concerned over what Putin might do now.
Moscow has long prepared to use relatively small nuclear blasts to offset battlefield losses. Some experts are concerned over what Putin might do now.
Both Russia and the U.S. have nuclear arms much less destructive than the behemoths used on Hiroshima — making setting them off perhaps less frightening.
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