Jens Stoltenberg told The Telegraph the alliance he leads is deploying more atomic weapons.
NATO countries are discussing putting more nuclear weapons on standby amid the threat posed by Russia and China, the alliance's secretary general said, according to The Telegraph.Jens Stoltenberg outlined the plans in an interview in which he called for NATO members to show their nuclear arsenal to the world to send a strong message to their adversaries, according to the newspaper.Vladimir Putin has used nuclear rhetoric since the start of his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
'Stoltenberg's view mirrors comments made by Pranay Vaddi, the White House's senior director for arms control, who said this month the U.S. may have to increase its deployment of strategic nuclear weapons.Vaddi's comments prompted a rebuke from China, which accused the U.S. of undermining nuclear disarmament and clinging to a first-use nuclear policy.In response, the U.S.
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