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| Subject: US generals and politicians ‘thinking about possibility of nuclear war’, Russia’s ambassador to Washington says Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:46 am | |
| Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, has said arms control is “in crisis” and he is “scared” Washington has begun thinking about the possibility of winning a nuclear war. In a rare public appearance since he took up the post in 2017, Mr Antonov outlined Russian concerns over several US withdrawals from arms treaties, and called for greater recognition of the risks of arms proliferation. Speaking at the Stimson Centre in Washington DC on Monday, Mr Antonov’s opening remarks took into account “the bad shape of Russian-American relations”, underlined by the fact his address came on the same day Vladimir Putin followed the US by suspending participation in the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty. “The situation with strategic stability as well as with arms control is very bad. We are in crisis,” Mr Antonov said. “Since the Second World War, we have been living until today without any war, whether you like it or not, only because of MAD – mutually assured destruction. It was the basis for peace between the US and Russia. It was clear that if you attacked the Soviet Union or Russian Federation, you will get an answer. With such an understanding, nobody tried to be a winner.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-russia-nuclear-war-trump-putin-anatoly-antonov-a8808476.html
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