Last week, the Pentagon ran a simulation of a 'limited' nuclear exchange between the U.S. and Russia.
Experts warned that the limited nuclear strike—using tactical nuclear weapons—concept is dangerous as it undermines the notion of Mutually Assured Destruction, and makes an atomic exchange more likely.
The Trump administration has signaled its intention to increase research into and production of tactical nuclear weapons to close the gap with Russia, which is believed to have some 2,000 such warheads deployed. Earlier this month, the Pentagon said it has deployed at least one low-yield nuclear warhead on a submarine., which banned ground-launched nuclear and conventional missiles with ranges from 310 miles to 3,417 miles. Both the U.S. and Russia have now tested weapons that would not have been allowed under the accord.—is set to lapse in 2021. Russia has said it will renew the deal in its current form, but the Trump administration is yet to announce its plans.
The deal capped the number of accountable deployed strategic nuclear warheads and bombs at 1,550 for both the U.S. and Russia and limited the number of deployed nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles and heavy bombers to 700. The total allowed number of deployed and non-deployed assets is 800.
This file photo shows the launch of an unarmed Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on October 14, 2002.
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