Russia flaunts its many doomsday weapons to keep the West from ramping up support for Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin has been flexing Russia’s nuclear might this year, conducting drills with battlefield nuclear weapons, restarting production of ground-based intermediate range missiles, and revising the country’s nuclear doctrine to lower the threshold for unleashing the arsenal. Russia has a significant nuclear arsenal, with an estimated 5,580 warheads and a nuclear triad of ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, long-range bombers, and ICBM-armed submarines. The Kremlin’s nuclear messaging includes using nuclear weapons in response to a nuclear or conventional attack that threatens Russia’s sovereignty, reinforcing the deterrent strategy of mutually assured destruction and signaling a willingness to use nuclear weapons in case of a massive air attack.

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