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Putin Says Oreshnik Missile to Enter Russia's Arsenals by Year's End
Putin Says Oreshnik Missile to Enter Russia's Arsenals by Year's End
Is this move intended to maintain the global balance of power, or is it another act of Russian intimidation?
Above: Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses his country's Defense Ministry in Moscow on Dec. 17. Image credit: Mikhail Tereshchenko/AFP/Getty Images
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The entry of the Oreshnik missile into Russia's arsenals is a decisive step in deterring aggression and maintaining the global balance of power. Russia will continue to develop its strategic nuclear capabilities to this end.
Russia is not only deploying the Oreshnik in its own arsenals but plans to station these nuclear-capable weapons in Belarus as well. By putting these weapons on Europe's doorstep, Putin is continuing his campaign of intimidation in the hopes it will weaken the continent's support of Ukraine.
Metaculus Prediction
There's a 27% chance that a nuclear weapon will be detonated as an act of war by 2050, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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