By PAUL BALDWIN, PUBLISHED: 06:26, Mon, Dec 21, 2015
PUTIN has said today that he will continue to improve Russia’s nuclear arsenal in a bid to deter potential threats to his country – including arming cruise missiles with nukes to destroy ISIS.
Putin won’t weild the big nuclear stick
The Russian president said he would use nuclear only as security protection.
Speaking on a documentary broadcast on Russian TV, Putin said he would not wield the “nuclear big stick”.
But he threatened to liquidate Islamic State jihadis with nuclear warheads if conventional bombing raids fail to destroy the terror group.
The Russian president warned that his military’s cruise missiles could be fitted with atomic weapons.
During a televised meeting with defence minister Sergey Shoigu, Putin said: “We must analyse everything happening on the battlefield, how the weapons operate.