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[Regnum] Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on January 9 that maintaining the combat readiness of the nuclear triad at the highest level is important to ensure global strategic balance. As the head of the military department emphasized, high combat readiness became one of the main tasks set for the department by the country's President Vladimir Putin.
“Taking into account the nature of military threats and military-political risks, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief set us a number of priority and systemic tasks. One of the key ones is maintaining the combat readiness of the nuclear triad at the highest level, which ensures strategic balance in the world,” Shoigu said at a conference call with the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces.
In addition, the minister noted that along with this, the Russian army, including the Navy itself, will continue to receive modern weapons, which will include models with artificial intelligence technologies and based on new physical principles. This, as well as the use of the experience of the Northern Military District, the improvement and updating of the provisions of the charters, and the social security of special operation participants and their families will become the basis for growing the potential of the Russian Armed Forces.
“Solving these and other tasks will allow us to increase the combat capabilities of the Armed Forces and ensure the deterrence of aggression against our country and its allies,” Shoigu concluded.
Nuclear triad is a general term for a country's nuclear-armed strategic armed forces consisting of three components: aviation, intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear-powered missile submarines. Such a division ensures that the entire combat-ready nuclear arsenal cannot be destroyed in a surprise attack.
As Regnum reported, in June 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian nuclear triad allows for effective deterrence and balance of power; about half of the Strategic Missile Forces are equipped with Yars complexes. The Russian leader noted that the most important task is the development of the triad, which is a key guarantee of the country’s security and global stability.
Later, in December, Shoigu said that the level of development of the Russian nuclear triad allows for guaranteed strategic deterrence. According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, the Strategic Missile Forces completed the re-equipment with the modern Avangard missile system, and also continued equipping it with the Yars complex.
In January 2024, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern said the United States could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine to try to avoid defeat. In his opinion, the US authorities can say that they have "a small nuclear bomb stored on the top shelf under lock and key that can be used to show Russia that they will not win in Ukraine." After this, former White House employee, economist Paul Craig Roberts noted that the United States, with its policy towards Russia, is pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war.
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