A study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies shows that Russia is more willing than NATO to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield**.
Tactical Nuclear** are small but powerful munitions that can be used to destroy large numbers of troops, armored units, and even target enemy headquarters.
NATO saw these ** as a last resort, but the Soviet Union and Russia had the opposite point of view, according to NATO arms control experts
If Russia thinks they have the dominance of escalation, in other words, they are always willing to go further in a conflict than the US and NATO allies are willing to go, then Putin could launch a nuclear attack,".
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The purpose of Russia's use of tactical nuclear ** is to prevent the US military from reinforcing Europe by destroying airborne airfields and landing ports in Europe.
According to research conducted by the IISS, Russia has up to 3,500 tactical nuclear**, compared to 200 by NATO (the United States, Britain and France).
Due to the numerical superiority in occupying tactical nuclear **, the Russians prefer to use them for superiority on the battlefield.
However, in the Russian-Ukrainian war, due to the lack of suitable targets on the battlefield and the mobility of the Ukrainian army, coupled with the manpower superiority of the Russian army, the advantages of Russia in the use of nuclear ** are not obvious.
However, it is not excluded that Putin sees the deterrent effect of tactical nuclear ** on Ukraine, a non-nuclear state. Since the rout of the Rus' army on the right bank of Kherson in the fall of 2022, the Russian missile forces and the Aerospace Forces have been using nuclear-capable Iskander and air-launched versions of Kinzhal to carry out airstrikes on large Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, respectively, with nuclear implications obvious.
However, in the event of a nuclear bombardment of Ukraine, the United States has made public its response: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that if his country uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine, the United States will destroy Russia's entire Ukrainian battlefield, including the Crimea and the Black Sea Fleet, by conventional means.
The United States does not need to escalate to the nuclear level to expand the nuclear catastrophe, which is diametrically opposed to Russia's nuclear war attempts, because the United States' high-tech conventional capabilities are assured of delivering a catastrophic blow to Russia's nuclear war attempts.
If Russia uses nuclear ** against non-nuclear states with impunity, it will be a starting gun for accelerated nuclear armaments for many countries around the world that are eager to take the test, the IISS study said.
To sum up, Russia, which has a numerical advantage, prefers to use nuclear strikes to achieve war intentions, and its first use, especially against non-nuclear countries, will certainly be met with devastating retaliation.