Is Russia 'Actively' Considering Using Nuclear Weapons On A Limited Basis?

A Yars missile system en route to a field region at the final stage of the Strategic All-Around Competition, a field training contest in the Novosibirsk region. © Alexandr Kryazhev / Sputnik

Natalie Johnson, Business Insider/The Washington Free Beacon: The Pentagon is concerned that Russia 'actively' considers nuclear weapons use

* The Trump administration's new nuclear policy aims to counter an evolving Russian military.
* The administration's Nuclear Posture Review calls for the development of new low-yield nuclear weapons.
* "Russian nuclear doctrine seems to actively consider the possibility of limited nuclear use," the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy said on Monday.

The Trump administration's new nuclear policy aims to counter an evolving Russian military strategy that appears to more readily envisage the limited use of nuclear weapons, a senior defense official said Monday.

"We have been extremely concerned with what we have seen as the evolution of Russian military policy as it relates to potential use of nuclear weapons," David Trachtenberg, the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, said at the Heritage Foundation on Monday.

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WNU Editor: I have never believed that in the event of a war between two nuclear powers, a limited nuclear war would be possible. Once one nuclear device goes off, it will only be a question of a few hours before all of them become used.