This was stated by US President Donald Trump. At a meeting with journalists, Trump noted that Washington has more nuclear weapons than any other country. But within the next four to five years, Russia and China will catch up with the US in terms of the number of nuclear weapons. Currently, the American leader does not intend to conduct new nuclear tests. However, due to the actions of other countries, he “had no choice.”
The US president noted that other countries are conducting nuclear tests, so the US will also conduct them. When asked when this might happen, the head of the White House replied, “Very soon.”
The use of words about nuclear weapons in the rhetoric of politicians increases the likelihood of their use.
Although this is very easy to avoid. As the well-known proverb says, “A smart person can get out of a difficult situation, but a wise person will not get into a difficult situation in the first place.”
Why resort to nuclear weapons when there are many other effective methods available?
Currently, the US Army has over a thousand Patriot air defense launchers. Of these, 500 are in reserve. There are about 5,500 Abrams tanks in service and in storage. There are also about 7,000 Bradley fighting vehicles and over 400 HIMARS launchers. There are over 900 F-16 aircraft. Information about the exact number of JASSM and Tomahawk missiles is classified, but open sources report 6,000 and 4,000 units, respectively.
And this is far from a complete list of the weapons available to the US Army.
Providing the Ukrainian military with at least 20% of the above would solve the Russian threat for many years, if not forever. Since the start of Russia’s large-scale invasion, Ukrainians have managed to inflict unprecedented losses on the aggressor, with over 1 million Russians killed and tens of thousands of pieces of equipment destroyed. And this is with minimal assistance to Ukraine from the US and its allies.
The power of American defense companies should also be taken into account. If truly serious supplies to Ukraine begin, they are capable of significantly increasing production volumes.
Furthermore, the defeat of Russia and its expulsion from Ukrainian territory would remove the threat posed by dictator Putin. At the same time, it would reduce the aggressive appetites of the Chinese communists.
So why talk about nuclear weapons and nuclear threats when everything can be resolved very quickly and painlessly?
All we need to do is give Ukrainians everything and plenty of it. And we Americans will continue to rule. So nuclear tests are completely unnecessary…
