Nuclear war is only a 'matter of time'?

According to RIA Novosti on September 8, former US military intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that a nuclear war will break out sooner or later, due to the rising level of tension in the world.

“Based on the current level of tension in the world, the use of nuclear weapons is only a matter of time,” said former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter.

According to former intelligence officials, the current trend is that the world is gradually moving away from the traditional concept of deterrence.nuclear, which does not include the use of weapons of mass destruction for defense.

“There is a scenario where you could launch a preemptive strike,” said Ritter.

Mr. Ritter noted that countries around the world no longer discuss controlling such destructive weapons, nor do they talk about the need to reduce the number of nuclear warheads in their arsenals.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that the risk of nuclear war is now very significant. Mr. Lavrov said that this danger cannot be underestimated. However, according to the Russian diplomat, there are many people who are ready to “artificially exaggerate this threat”.

In June 2024, at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum,Russian President Vladimir Putinwarns against taking the issue of using weapons of mass destruction lightly.