“We haven’t faced the prospect of Armageddon since the Cuban Missile Crisis” – CMKX Radio Bayamo

US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that there is today the greatest “Armageddon” threat since the Cuban Missile Crisis, which occurred in October 1962.

“We haven’t encountered the possibility of Armageddon since then [la época del expresidente de EE.UU. John F.] Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis”.

In this context, he said that Russian President Vladimir Putin “was not joking when he talked about the use of tactical, biological or chemical nuclear weapons.” Biden said the use of low-yield tactical nuclear weapons could quickly spiral out of control and cause global destruction.

“I don’t think there is […] “The ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and never end Armageddon,” Biden said.

It should be noted that White House spokeswoman Karen-Jean-Pierre announced on Tuesday that Washington has no data showing that Russia plans to use nuclear weapons. “We have seen no reason to adjust our strategic nuclear posture, and we have no indication that Russia is preparing to use imminent nuclear weapons,” the spokeswoman said.

Threats to use nuclear weapons

Recently, the United States has been threatening Russia and China with the use of nuclear weapons to defend its “vital interests” and its allies. In mid-September, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin again insisted on this possibility. British Prime Minister Liz Truss also warned during the prime minister’s last election campaign that she was prepared to use weapons of mass destruction if necessary.

For his part, Putin declared in August that in a nuclear war “there can be no winners” and “it should never be fought.” The President stressed that Moscow continues to adhere “systematically” to the “spirit and letter” of the NPT.

And at the end of September, the Russian president denounced that a number of NATO politicians threatened to use nuclear weapons against Russia and resorted to “nuclear blackmail”. Putin noted that Russia also has various weapons, some of which are more modern than NATO’s. “Those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the compass rose can turn in their direction,” Putin stressed.

On another occasion, the Russian president noted that the United States is the only country in the world that has used nuclear weapons twice, destroying the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.