In Quest Of Strategic Advantage

As Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on, threatening statement of Russia’s President Putin signaling the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons has rung alarming bell to the international community. Such pronouncement from a nuclear weapons capable country deserves to be taken seriously. The threat of use of nuclear weapons has been a taboo since 1945. But the speech from the top leadership of a country, whose military doctrine has entertained the deployment of relatively low-yield nuclear weapons in a war, can hardly be ignored.