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Russian General: Nuclear War Still Possible

December 29, 2004 :: BBC Worldwide Monitoring :: News

The Russian Interfax news agency carries a story on the plausibility of future nuclear warfare. Interfax cites Colonel General Aleksandr Ryzhskikh, former deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian Strategic Missile Troops, as saying that nuclear warheads, perhaps with small yields, may well be employed in future wars.


“It is highly likely that nuclear warheads may be employed,” Ryazhskikh told Interfax-Military News Agency on Wednesday [29 December] when asked whether nuclear weapons would be employed in wars or local conflicts in the near future.

“I believe that those will be low-power nuclear warheads, employed in certain terrain areas,” Ryazhskikh said.
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