Russia is emerging as a new strategic nuclear threat to the United States, a senior member of the House Committee on Armed Services revealed on Wednesday.
“On the nuclear deterrence front, we likely have more cause for concern today than at any point since the Soviet Union collapsed — with a swift kick from the policies of Ronald Reagan,” said Rep. Mike Rogers, Alabama Republican and chairman of the subcommittee on strategic forces.
Unlike Germany and Japan, which were converted from enemies to friends after World War II, Russia has not followed a similar model.
“Instead, it gave us [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and his Soviet-style regime,” Mr. Rogers said in a speech to an Air Force Association breakfast.
The result, according to the subcommittee chairman, has been a series of threatening Russian actions, including:
• Overt and direct nuclear threats to neighbors and NATO states.
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