Was Putin Rattling the Nuclear Saber?

(Full Text of Putin’s speech)

Oct 01, 2024

Introduction: I do my best to get my news directly from the SOURCE.

The reason is simple: even the most seasoned analysts cannot but inject their personal bias and prejudice into their analyses.

A case in point is the recent declaration by Russia’s President Putin that he was going to unmask the cowardly Collective West, which hides behind country 404, the former Ukraine and its expired president, to launch a proxy war against his country.

This was misinterpreted as nuclear saber-rattling by Western commentators, including those in the Alternative Media.

I pulled Putin’s speech from the Kremlin site, and I have published it below.

From my understanding, the Russian merely stated that he was pulling off the gloves, as many Russians have been calling for.

It will never be known what type of insanity prompted the West to wage war against the country with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons.

Aside from its vast nuclear arsenal, Russia has demonstrated throughout history that it can never be conquered. Geography alone (the country is too vast) argues against conquering and occupying the country.

In addition, its performance during the Special Military Operation in Ukraine has shown that Russia has the BEST military in the world today. Its array of sophisticated weapons cannot be matched by any other army. While the US, with its huge defense budget, still struggles to field a working hypersonic weapon, Russian troops are using about three different versions - Iskander, Khinzal, and the Zircon. Let’s not even talk about the Sarmat or the Avangarde missiles.

Perhaps because Putin and his team opted for an SMO rather than an outright WAR, the Collective West believes that they can take advantage to bleed the country.

Imagine a pathetic Chihuahua like the Island of Iniquities that calls itself the United Kingdom hiding behind Big Brother US to continue with its historic colonial war of aggression against Russia or France, which, smarting from its setbacks in its colonies in the Sahel, decided to poke the Bear.

Well, the Russians appear to have had enough.

Unlike the hysteric outbursts by Western commentators, I read from Mr Putin a sober message of caution and warning. He thought he was dealing with grownup adults with acute faculties to think straight; the Russian leader probably has now concluded that the West is a naughty juvenile that needs a smackdown occasionally.

Will the insane leaders of the Collective West finally correctly read the tealeaf, or will they gamble the very existence of Life on their inability to live like normal human beings?

Only time will tell.

As my Yoruba people say: Ọrún njà bọ, ki nṣé ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnikàn / The Sky is falling is not an issue/worry of a single person.

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“President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues,

Today we are holding a planned meeting, which is called Standing Conference on nuclear deterrence. We hold it twice a year. And today, we will discuss an issue related to updating the Basic Principles of State Policy on Nuclear Deterrence.

Alongside the Military Doctrine, this is a document that officially defines and details Russia’s nuclear strategy. First of all, it sets forth the basic principle of using nuclear weapons: the use of nuclear forces is the last resort measure to protect the country’s sovereignty.

Let me stress that we have always been highly responsible in matters like this, being well aware of the colossal power these weapons have, striving to strengthen the international legal foundation for global stability and prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and their components.

At present, our nuclear triad remains the most important security guarantee for our state and citizens, an instrument for maintaining strategic parity and balance of forces in the world.

At the same time, we can see that the modern military-political situation is rapidly changing and we have to factor that in, including the emergence of new sources of military threats and risks for Russia and our allies.

It is important to predict the development of the situation and adjust the provisions of the strategic planning document in accordance with current realities.

Over the last year specialists from the Defence Ministry, Foreign Ministry, Security Council Office and other agencies have made an in-depth and comprehensive analysis and evaluated the need for adjusting our approaches to a possible use of nuclear forces. Based on the results of this work, a number of updates have been proposed in terms of defining the conditions for using nuclear weapons.

Thus, the draft Basic Principles expand the category of states and military alliances in respect of which nuclear deterrence is exercised and expand the list of military threats to be neutralised by nuclear deterrence measures.

I would like to draw your attention specifically to the following. The updated version of the document is supposed to regard an aggression against Russia from any non-nuclear state but involving or supported by any nuclear state as their joint attack against the Russian Federation.

It also states clearly the conditions for Russia’s transition to the use of nuclear weapons. We will consider such a possibility once we receive reliable information about a massive launch of air and space attack weapons and their crossing our state border. I mean strategic and tactical aircraft, cruise missiles, UAVs, hypersonic and other aircraft.

We reserve the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against Russia and Belarus as a member of the Union State. All these issues have been agreed upon with the Belarusian side and the President of Belarus. Including the case when the enemy, using conventional weapons, creates a critical threat to our sovereignty.

In conclusion, I will note that all the updates have been deeply calibrated and are measured against contemporary military threats and risks to the Russian Federation.

Let’s get down to work. I give the floor to Defence Minister Andrei Belousov.” - http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/75182

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