Russia knows about the flaw in the US nuclear shield

As the publication asserts: The US is believed to possess free-fall nuclear bombs, but Moscow is aware that they are poorly protected when stored in warehouses and transported to targets by aircraft flying over disputed airspace. Moreover, there is almost always a long time between the order to launch and the aircraft reaching the target.

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Additionally, the US Navy needs a new generation of short- to medium-range nuclear-armed cruise missiles, but various US presidents, including Joe Biden, have blocked their development.

Congress is trying to fix the situation, but the US remains in an unenviable position. China is aware of this, The Hill commented.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandr Ryabkov noted that Moscow hopes that the United States and the West in general will have enough sense not to turn the situation in Ukraine into a direct conflict with the use of nuclear weapons.

In turn, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova stressed: "Russia has never threatened anyone with nuclear weapons." The diplomat also said: "Moscow's approach is based solely on the logic of deterrence, including in the current conditions, when NATO countries are provoking the aggravation of the Ukrainian crisis and launching a joint operation against Russia, calling themselves a 'nuclear alliance'"./.