Stoltenberg: NATO is discussing bringing nuclear weapons to combat readiness

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Photo from open sources

NATO is negotiating to deploy more nuclear weapons in the face of a growing threat from Russia and China. In addition, consultations were held between the members of the Alliance regarding the removal of missiles from storage and their transfer to combat readiness.

Secretary General of the organization Jens Stoltenberg said this in an interview with The Telegraph.

He noted that the bloc should demonstrate its nuclear arsenal to the world in order to send a direct signal to its opponents.

«I won't go into the operational details of how many nuclear warheads should be operational and how many should be in storage, but we need to consult on those issues. This is exactly what we are doing,» said Jens Stoltenberg.

Transparency must become a cornerstone of NATO's nuclear strategy, he said, to prepare the Alliance for what he called a more dangerous world.

«Transparency helps send a direct message that we are, of course, a nuclear alliance. NATO's goal is, of course, a peace without nuclear weapons, but as long as nuclear weapons exist, we will remain a nuclear Alliance. Because a world in which Russia, China and North Korea have nuclear weapons and NATO does not is a dangerous world,» he explained.