🚨🇷🇺 PUTIN’S NUCLEAR “PARITY” PROMISE: BLUFF OR WARNING?
“We’re not testing - unless you do.”
The Kremlin insists Russia and China aren’t running nuclear tests.
Then they add the kicker: if anyone else starts, “we’ll maintain parity.”
That’s diplomat-speak for “don’t push me, I’ve still got launch codes.”
Officially, Moscow’s loyal to the nuclear test ban.
Unofficially, it’s polishing the warheads just in case.
Because in Putin’s world, restraint is performance art - and deterrence only works if people believe you’re crazy enough to drop the curtain.
This isn’t about testing nukes; it’s about testing the West’s confidence...
The subtext: Russia’s patience has limits, and China’s watching the show too.
Washington will downplay it. NATO will “monitor the situation.” And somewhere in the Arctic, the ground might rumble - just enough to remind everyone who still owns the trigger.
Source: Kremlin statements,
@clashreport, Reuters
🇷🇺 PUTIN’S NEXT PLAY: NUCLEAR TESTS BACK ON THE TABLE
The Cold War is trending again - this time with Wi-Fi and nukes.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed that work has begun on Putin’s order to prep for a possible nuclear test.
In other words: Moscow’s dusting off the old playbook - and maybe the old bunkers.
This comes weeks after Trump ordered the U.S. military to resume nuclear tests, a move that ripped through decades of deterrence diplomacy like it was red tape.
Lavrov says Washington hasn’t clarified what that means. Moscow, apparently, will respond the only way it knows how - with action.
For years, both sides flirted with the idea of “deterrence through restraint.”
Now, restraint’s off the menu.
The next arms race won’t look like the 1980s... cyber, hypersonic, and nuclear, all playing chicken at once.
The treaties are gone. The tests are back. The fuse is short.
Source: Reuters, TASS