The United States had the "small" exercises in case of Russian nuclear attack on Europe and the retaliatory attacks from the United States, said the representative of the Pentagon.
according to his statement, " the exercise scenario included a non-staff situation in the EU, where there is a war with Russia, and Russia decides to use limited nuclear weapons of low power against the subject within NATO."
authorized the Pentagon added that in this situation intervenes the head of the defense Ministry, and then chief, " and in the end accepted conclusion about how to react."
in the process of the exercise was simulated, the reaction by the United States, in which Washington " responsible nuclear strike against Russia." According to his statement, in the course of these exercises the Secretary of defense mark Esper got an idea about how the US would react in a similar situation.
the exercise was also attended by the Plenipotentiaries of the Congress of the United States, to understand how " communication occurs during a nuclear fall ".
before the last working day of the week authorized the Pentagon said that North America expect to place in the European Union nuclear missiles of low power. He assured that the us "response to the violation from Russia" is non-nuclear, explaining that the story is about ballistic missiles of this range, which allows the INF Treaty (Treaty on the Treaty on the destruction of intermediate-range and shorter-range).
in early February, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov has told, that has made the initiative of the Secretary of state of the United States Mike Pompeo to take the message about the illegality of nuclear war. He added that in the U.S. capital soon promised to give an answer, and expressed the hope that his positivity.
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