March 2 (Reuters) - A Russian defence ministry journal says Moscow is
developing a new type of military strategy using nuclear weapons to
protect against possible U.S. aggression, RIA news agency reported on
Thursday.

The article is the latest in a series of combative remarks by Russian
politicians and commentators after the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24
last year, suggesting Moscow would, if necessary, be prepared to deploy
its vast nuclear arsenal.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-journal-moscow-mulls-possible-use-nuclear-arms-fend-off-us-attack-ria-2023-03-02/

RIA said the article, published in the Voennaya Mysl (Military Thought)
magazine, concluded Washington was worried it might be losing dominance
over the world and had therefore "apparently" prepared plans to strike
Russia to neutralise it.

In response, Russian specialists were "actively developing a promising
form of the strategic use of the Russian armed forces - an operation of
strategic deterrence forces", RIA said.

This, it continued, "presupposes the use of modern strategic offensive
and defensive, nuclear and non-nuclear weapons, taking into account the
latest military technologies".

Moscow, the article said, needed to be able to show the United States
that it could not cripple Russia's nuclear missile system and would not
be able to fend off a retaliatory strike.

Russia's defence ministry did not immediately respond to a query asking
for confirmation of the RIA story.

Russian President Vladimir Putin last week suspended a landmark nuclear
arms control treaty, announced new strategic systems had been put on
combat duty, and threatened to resume nuclear tests.

Although Moscow says it would only use nuclear weapons in case Russia's
territorial integrity were threatened, Putin allies have regularly
suggested calamity could be close.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev this week said the West's
continued supply of weaponry to Kyiv risked a global catastrophe,
repeating a threat of nuclear war over Ukraine.

### - very chilling/spooky vibes here from the russians, and as such am
thinking maybe then they're gonna wanna bring the whole damn planet to
the very brink of global war just to make the west... feel it?

the dodgey bit being this quote from above:

"Moscow, the article said, needed to be able to show the United States
that it could not cripple Russia's nuclear missile system and would not
be able to fend off a retaliatory strike."

the question being: how exactly are they planning to 'demonstrate' that?

what (event?) could possibly make the west draw all it tentacles back in?

are we really prepared to test 'em to 'that' degree??

coz as it stands, russia is asserting that, because of the way the
world's been going downhill they're now currently in the business of
altering the whole global balance of power in-favour of something more
fair & equal for all...

e.g., as in putting an end to the corrupt gangster monopolies that've
been running the whole show until now??

problem is: knowing just how MUCH those gangsters LOVE clinging to the
monopolies that made 'em fat, that DEFO means war!?

(we need to stop all this 'war-shit' dammit and quickly get back around
the negotiating table before it's too late? might be our last chance to
turn it off...)

else:

https://youtu.be/s9sIPJ-yGjc?t=231