US President Donald Trump recently hinted that his country's withdrawal from the nuclear-weapons treaty with Russia is a debate over the capabilities of Washington and Moscow, even if the scenario of confrontation with destructive weapons has been ruled out so far.
Russia is numerically superior, with 6850 nuclear warheads, while the US arsenal is 6550, according to the Arms Control Association.
The Assembly notes that the nuclear arsenal of the two superpowers is divided into two categories. The first is a category that has ceased to be fully relied upon, but is still waiting for the dismantling process. In this regard, there are 2,550 heads of the US military and 2,500 with its Russian counterpart.
The second category includes usable warheads, whether they are in warehouses or were attached to ballistic missiles or destroyed warships (4350 in Russia and 4,000 in the United States).
It should be noted that the rockets that were put in readiness, 1440 heads in Moscow and 1350 in Washington.
Business Insider points out that looking at the numerical side may lead to misleading conclusions, because US nuclear warheads outperform their Russian counterpart in a number of critical aspects such as performance.
Military experts explain that these destructive weapons play a deterrent role only, because no country will resort to this military option in view of its consequences.
According to specialized military sources, Russia has developed nuclear warheads that need to be developed every 10 years, while US warheads can maintain advanced advantages for decades without the need for such strenuous follow-up.
Nuclear war
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Russians "their place of paradise" in the event of a nuclear war that kills their lives, and while asserting that he has no hostile intentions, he threatened to "destroy" any aggressor trying to hit his country with nuclear weapons.
"The aggressor must understand that punishment will inevitably come and will be destroyed," Putin told a conference in Sochi, southwest Russia, on Friday, "but as victims of any possible attack, we are paradise because we are martyrs. Before them a time to repent. "
The Russian president said that Moscow in the event of a nuclear war "can not be the beginning of a disaster of this kind," saying: "We do not believe in the concept of preventive strike."
The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia would have to reciprocate if the United States began to develop new missiles after the withdrawal.
"The US move will make the world more dangerous," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that Russia would "have to act to restore the balance of military power if Washington withdrew from the treaty and began to develop new missiles."
"This is a strategic security issue, which could make the world more dangerous," he said of the planned US withdrawal.
"We have provided evidence that the United States has undermined the basis of this agreement by developing missiles that can not only be used as an interceptor but also as short- and medium-range missiles."
Biskov said there was a six-month period before the United States to withdraw from the treaty after it submitted an official notification of its withdrawal, noting that Washington has not done so yet.
John Bolton, national security adviser to Trump, will hold talks with senior Moscow officials later on Monday and meet with President Putin on Tuesday, where the US decision to withdraw from the treaty will be the focus of the meeting.
Historical Treaty
The medium-range nuclear missile treaty, which eliminated a whole range of missiles between 500 and 5,000 kilometers, put an end to a crisis that erupted in the 1980s because of the Soviet Union's deployment of SS-20 nuclear missiles targeting Western European capitals.
The treaty was signed by late US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987.
