International arms control mechanisms are breaking up, Vladimir Putin said, warning that lowering a threshold for using weapons of mass destruction may eventually lead to “a global nuclear catastrophe.”
Mutual arms control measures that have been in place for decades are now falling apart, Putin has warned during an annual Q&A session in Moscow. In the meantime, there’s a growing trend to underestimate a threat of a nuclear war around the world.
“The danger of such developments coming true is being blurred or is going away, it is deemed impossible or unimportant,” Putin said. “Meanwhile, if, God forbid, something like that happens, it would see an entire civilization – or even the planet – perish.”
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Source : RT - Daily news
Lowering arms control threshold could lead to a global nuclear catastrophe - Putin
Lowering arms control threshold could lead to a global nuclear catastrophe - Putin
