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Russia's nuclear air-to-air missiles

Russia expanding nukes' arsenal, deploying air-to-air nuclear missiles: US intelligence

In an unclassified intelligence assessment, the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has said that Russia is expanding its nuclear arsenal and has deployed an air-to-air nuclear missile.

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Russia Redeploys Nuclear-Tipped Air-to-Air Missiles in Echo of Cold War

The War Zone, an online military magazine, notes that while nuclear-armed air-to-air missiles were part of the Soviet Union's arsenal during the Cold War, little is known about their current status within Russia's Aerospace Forces (VKS), which "makes the disclosure from [the Defense Intelligence Agency] intelligence all the more intriguing."

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Russia fielding nuclear air-to-air missiles, US assesses

Russia is fielding nuclear-armed air-to-air missiles (AAMs), according to the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).

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Putin ‘Could’ Start a Nuclear War over Ukraine

Despite frequent nuclear threats from Vladimir Putin since the Ukraine war began, including a November 2024 lowering of ...

US intelligence says Russia will use nuclear weapon if...

At a time when Vladimir Putin has ramped up the war on Ukraine, a US intelligence assessment has stated the condition in ...

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Report to Congress on Russia’s Nuclear Weapons

The following is the May 22, 2025, Congressional Reserach Service In Focus report, Russia’s Nuclear Weapons. From the report ...

Scientists outline possible nuclear winter scenario

The aftermath following an exchange of nukes could include “prolonged cooling, agricultural collapse and social upheaval,” a ...

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Security director states Western aggression possibly to provoke Russian nuclear reaction

Sergey Shoigu, Russia’s National Security Council secretary, has warned that Moscow reserves the right to use nuclear weapons ...

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Russia wields nuclear threat as it attacks Ukraine and Trump says Zelenskyy 'inflammatory'

The Kremlin said it reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if it faces aggression by Western countries. Overnight, Moscow ...

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"There is no need to be afraid of Russian nuclear weapons!" — Grybauskaite, who emerged from oblivion

Lithuania's ex-president Dalia Grybauskaite, who emerged from political oblivion, reported that Russia's nuclear weapons "no ...

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Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

Putin signed a revamped version of Russia’s nuclear doctrine in November 2024, spelling out the circumstances that allow him to use Moscow’s atomic arsenal, the world’s largest. That version ...

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