Would Putin Use Intercontinental or Tactical Nuclear Weapons?

Video Above: A Conversation with Peter Huessy, Senior Warrior Maven Nuclear Weapons Analyst

By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

Would Putin actually use intercontinental or tactical nuclear weapons? It is tough to imagine a threat more ominous, as it would likely spark WWIII and place the entire world at risk of destruction.

Nuclear War

For quite some time now, Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have deliberately raised the nuclear possibility in what appears to be an effort to scare NATO into inaction. The question of just how realistic this is is likely to be a massive focus of debate, leading many to speculate in various directions.

One thing is quite clear, however. The US is not engaging in this kind of conversation and is making what appears to be a responsible, measured step to avoid threats, escalatory language or any discussion of the possibility whatsoever.

“That kind of rhetoric is dangerous and unhelpful. Nobody wants to see a nuclear war happen as it is a war that all sides lose. It is dangerous and something we will not engage in,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at a special Ukraine-focused meeting in Germany with more than 40-countries willing to help Ukraine.

Recent Russian strikes on railway stations have led some to wonder if Russia is, in fact, deliberately targeting NATO supply lines into Ukraine, and Russian activity near Moldova is also raising suspicions of potential escalation. One thing seems clear, Russia leadership appears to be repeatedly floating the possibility of nuclear attack as a “threat” or potential “deterrent” against NATO involvement. Clearly this is something Austin and all of NATO take very seriously