Russia Warns Low-Yield US Nuke Increases Risk Of Nuclear War
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has responded to a Monday report in The Guardian that the United States has started manufacturing a low-yield nuclear warhead, warning that it has heightened the risk of a nuclear conflict.
Lavrov said that Moscow voiced its concern last year over the W76-2 warhead, which “lowers the threshold of nuclear weapons use and, of course, boosts the risk of a nuclear conflict.”
Russia Warns Low-Yield US Nuke Increases Risk Of Nuclear War
by Tyler DurdenWed, 01/30/2019 – 09:5027SHARESTwitterFacebookRedditEmailPrint
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has responded to a Monday report in The Guardian that the United States has started manufacturing a low-yield nuclear warhead, warning that it has heightened the risk of a nuclear conflict.
Lavrov said that Moscow voiced its concern last year over the W76-2 warhead, which “lowers the threshold of nuclear weapons use and, of course, boosts the risk of a nuclear conflict.”
“Apparently, these plans were put into practice,” said Lavrov, adding: “Certainly, it won’t contribute to global security.”
As we noted on Monday, the new weapon – the W76-2, is a modification of an existing Trident nuclear warhead. According to the NNSA, the first batch have come off the production line, and an unspecified number of them referred to as “initial operational capability” will be ready for delivery before the end of September.
According to Stephen Young, a senior Washington representative of the Union of Concerned Scientists, the yield on the W76 was likely reduced to created the W76-2 by removing one stage from the original two-stage device.
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