The US believes that Russia's Su-57 still has "trump cards up its sleeve"
The new US nuclear doctrine adopted by the Trump administration noted that the Su-57 is capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
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| Russia's 5th generation fighter, Su-57. |
According to The National Interest, if this hypothesis corresponds to reality, the Su-57 will be able to use medium-range nuclear weapons, along with another Russian aircraft, the Su-34 bomber, to destroy any target regardless of strong air defense systems.
Washington is concerned that Moscow is trying to modernize its non-strategic nuclear arsenal, which numbers about two thousand units.
For its part, the US government has tried to justify its intention to develop new nuclear weapons, citing the fact that Moscow appears to be "lowering the threshold" for using atomic bombs. Meanwhile, many experts do not believe that Russia has actually made such a decision.
However, it is an undeniable fact that Moscow currently possesses a massive arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons, a significant part of which is capable of being used in the air, - the article concludes.
