Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has threatened the West with his country’s 5,000 nuclear warheads.

Putin has raised the specter of nuclear war for the third time in the past two months as he and Western countries such as the United States clash over the Ukraine conflict, which has been bringing to light other deep-seated animosity.

Putin made his latest comments while en route to the annual Asia-Europe Meeting in Milan, a summit of 50 nations.

“We hope that our partners will realize the recklessness of attempts to blackmail Russia, and will remember the risks that a spat between major nuclear powers means for strategic stability,” Putin told Serbian newspaper Politika.

He’s again threatened the West with nuclear weapons,” John Besemeres, a Russia expert at the ANU, told the Sydney Morning Herald. “It seems like a mastubatory fantasy he can’t go without.”

The comments came as New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key revealed he was bantering with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev earlier this year when the latter brought up the issue of nuclear war.

“So we’re having this joke exchange and one point I said to him: ‘How long would it take a missile to get out from Moscow to NZ?’” Key recalled.

Medvedev briefly consulted an aide before turning back to the NZ leader. Key said: “He said, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll let you know before it happens.’”

And Putin has referenced the warheads two other times recently. In mid-August he told members of Russia’s Duma that he soon planned to “surprise the West with our new developments in offensive nuclear weapons about which we do not talk yet.”

And in September he told a group of youth: “I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers … It’s best not to mess with us.”

Besemeres, the Russian expert, said that “Putin’s Russia is heading towards a police state internally and a rogue state externally. It’s a very worrying combination.”

Andrew O’Neil, a professor of international relations at Griffith University with insight into Russian nuclear policy, said that there’s one key area in Australia on Russia’s target list–the United States-Australian joint facilities that monitor satellites that fly over eastern Russia.

Dr. Helen Caldicott, an Australian physician who founded the International Physicians against Nuclear War, recently told reporters in Washington, D.C. that a war between Russia and the U.S. would automatically include nuclear weapons.

“There is no way a war between the United States and Russia could start and not go nuclear,” she said.

“The United States and Russia have enormous stockpiles of these weapons. Together they have 94 percent of all the 16,300 nuclear weapons in the world.”

“We are in a very fallible, very dangerous situation operated by mere mortals,” she warned. “The nuclear weapons, are sitting there, thousands of them. They are ready to be used.”

Russia surpassed the United States for the first time in number of nuclear warheads that are deployed, according to a recent report from the State Department.

Russia now has 1,643 warheads deployed on intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles and heavy bombers. The United States has 1,642, said the fact sheet, reported the Washington Times.

“The warhead count for the Russians, based the Sept. 1 report required under the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), shows an increase of 131 warheads since the last declaration on March 1,” it said.

“The U.S. reported a warhead increase of 57 during the same period. It is not clear why the warhead numbers increased.”

Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Armed Services, wrote in an op-ed in Foreign Policy in reaction to the news that Russian deception in negotiating an arms reduction treaty while building up nuclear arms “poses a direct threat to the United States.”

He said that Russia violated a previous treaty while negotiating the most recent treaty, the START, with the Obama administration. “The White House was at best nave to Russian duplicity; at worst it was complicit,” he said.

Mark Schneider, a former Pentagon strategic weapons specialist, said that the build up confirmed vows by Russian officials to increase their deployed warheads.

“While so little information is released under New START that there is no way to say for sure, the Russian increases appears to reflect the arming of the two new Borey class ballistic missile submarines,” Schneider said.

“All U.S. numbers have declined since New START entry into force. The fact that this is happening reflects the ineffectiveness of the Obama administration’s approach to New START.”

Source --- http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1028660-world-war-3-vladimir-putin-threatens-west-with-russias-5000-nuclear-weapons/

And yet, the US will like to stop the arabs from manufacturing/acquiring nuclear weapons!

Nigeria nuclear weapons will surpass that by 2019

Mellin:
Nigeria nuclear weapons will surpass that by 2019

Hmmmmm...

See another vision 2019 and not vision 2020..

Anyway this is damn good!!!

SLIDEwaxie:
And yet, the US will like to stop the arabs from manufacturing/acquiring nuclear weapons!

u dey mind them,they don't want Iran and north Korea to developed nuclear weapon and they (USA)refused to destroy d one they have,y r they keeping it if not to use it one day

SLIDEwaxie:
And yet, the US will like to stop the arabs from manufacturing/acquiring nuclear weapons!

yemaldo:

u dey mind them,they don't want Iran and north Korea to developed nuclear weapon and they (USA)refused to destroy d one they have,y r they keeping it if not to use it one day

Is like two of you want a crazy Arab to wake up one day then hijack the nuclear weapons and destroy the whole world with nuclear weapons..

I dont want to witness war

Putin is just postulating . . . . .The best thing Africans could hope for is for the west to launch nuclear weapons.

Because no mater what - we will survive (and they wont)

Sunofgod:
Putin is just postulating . . . . .The best thing Africans could hope for is for the west to launch nuclear weapons.

Because no mater what - we will survive (and they wont)

Hmmmmm.. The sunofgod has spoken (Ifa don talk)

I love Putin!

Walspring:




Is like two of you want a crazy Arab to wake up one day then hijack the nuclear weapons and destroy the whole world with nuclear weapons..

I dont want to witness war

Seems you have forgotten Pakistan have nukes. No nation is that foolish! A nuclear confrontation is very unlikely even at the outbreak of war. It will certainly be a "last resort"(Unless of course the country is overwhelmed with too many foes then they would jump straight to nukes). Nobody wins with nukes hence the carefulness .

I love this conversation .

New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key:
“So we’re having this joke exchange and one point I said to him: ‘How long would it take a missile to get out from Moscow to NZ?’”

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev: ‘Don’t worry, I’ll let you know before it happens.’”

And this too..

Vladimir Putin: “We hope that our partners will realize the recklessness of attempts to blackmail Russia, and will remember the risks that a spat between major nuclear powers means for strategic stability,”

John Besemeres: "He’s again threatened the West with nuclear weapons....It seems like a mastubatory fantasy he can’t go without.”

Look how they are making jokes with nukes as if it is mere fireworks .

The same enemity is showing itself in WrestleMania.
#WWElive_octomber.
A Russia wrestler named 'Russy' challenged the Whole American Wrestlers calling them Cowards, downgraded their President and the whole of America. He(russy) praised Russia and Putin. World strongest wrestler, Mark Henry Challenged Russy, but Russy dealt with him(mark) 2 times. Mark is stronger than Russy, but Russy gat more experience and finishing skills than Mark.....
Big Show challenged Russy. Big Show torn-down the Russia Flag brought into the stag by Russy and his female Accomplaint. Russy became angry, but Big Show subdued him and Russy Ran away....
Russy challenged Big show again, this time Big Show gave him a One-punch Smack-down and he fell unconsciously.
Still yet, Russy(very stubbon) kept Challenging Big show and the whole of America wrestlers.
This time, The Rock came kicked Russy off the stage....
Some are suggesting John Cena vs Russy.
The Challenge still continues......
Imagine, one Russian Man is challenging the whole of America, calling them names including their president.
I think Russy is trying to make it look like Russia vs America....
No problem, today is sunday, am going to watch this week WrestleMania Live at 1:00PM.
I just wanna see the end of this.

This white men will not destroy this world! God is stronger than them.God pass dem.

Macelliot:
The same enemity is showing itself in WrestleMania.
#WWElive_octomber.
A Russia wrestler named 'Russy' challenged the Whole American Wrestlers calling them Cowards, downgraded their President and the whole of America. He(russy) praised Russia and Putin. World strongest wrestler, Mark Henry Challenged Russy, but Russy dealt with him(mark) 2 times. Mark is stronger than Russy, but Russy gat more experience and finishing skills than Mark.....
Big Show challenged Russy. Big Show torn-down the Russia Flag brought into the stag by Russy and his female Accomplaint. Russy became angry, but Big Show subdued him and Russy Ran away....
Russy challenged Big show again, this time Big Show gave him a One-punch Smack-down and he fell unconsciously.
Still yet, Russy(very stubbon) kept Challenging Big show and the whole of America wrestlers.
This time, The Rock came kicked Russy off the stage....
Some are suggesting John Cena vs Russy.
The Challenge still continues......
Imagine, one Russian Man is challenging the whole of America, calling them names including their president.
I think Russy is trying to make it look like Russia vs America....
No problem, today is sunday, am going to watch this week WrestleMania Live at 1:00PM.
I just wanna see the end of this.

Just wait till 26th of this month to watch Hell in a cell of both Big show and Rusev...

Macelliot:
The same enemity is showing itself in WrestleMania.
#WWElive_octomber.
A Russia wrestler named 'Russy' challenged the Whole American Wrestlers calling them Cowards, downgraded their President and the whole of America. He(russy) praised Russia and Putin. World strongest wrestler, Mark Henry Challenged Russy, but Russy dealt with him(mark) 2 times. Mark is stronger than Russy, but Russy gat more experience and finishing skills than Mark.....
Big Show challenged Russy. Big Show torn-down the Russia Flag brought into the stag by Russy and his female Accomplaint. Russy became angry, but Big Show subdued him and Russy Ran away....
Russy challenged Big show again, this time Big Show gave him a One-punch Smack-down and he fell unconsciously.
Still yet, Russy(very stubbon) kept Challenging Big show and the whole of America wrestlers.
This time, The Rock came kicked Russy off the stage....
Some are suggesting John Cena vs Russy.
The Challenge still continues......
Imagine, one Russian Man is challenging the whole of America, calling them names including their president.
I think Russy is trying to make it look like Russia vs America....
No problem, today is sunday, am going to watch this week WrestleMania Live at 1:00PM.
I just wanna see the end of this.

pls forget WWE and their stage managed propaganda/acting. This particular one is to stir up American public sentiments, it worked with the Iron Sheikh in the 80's