{"id":2270116,"date":"2024-06-17T23:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T03:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-considering-greater-deployment-of-nuclear-weapons-alliance-chief-says\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T23:35:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T03:35:02","slug":"nato-considering-greater-deployment-of-nuclear-weapons-alliance-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-considering-greater-deployment-of-nuclear-weapons-alliance-chief-says\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Chief Indicates Potential Increase in Nuclear Weapon Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnato-considering-greater-deployment-of-nuclear-weapons-alliance-chief-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NATO, led by Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, is actively discussing the possibility of deploying\u2062 additional nuclear\u2062 weapons in response to the increased threat posed by nuclear-armed Russia and a rising\u2063 nuclear power, China. The\u2063 alliance is considering taking some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-netanyahu-israel-will-not-allow-iran-to-obtain-a-nuclear-weapon\/\" title=\"PM Netanyahu: Israel will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon\">nuclear weapons<\/a> out \u2062of storage\u200c and making them operational to establish a stronger deterrent. \u2062Stoltenberg emphasized the importance of \u2064transparency about NATO\u2019s nuclear capabilities, arguing that it strengthens deterrence and \u200dcommunicates a clear message of the\u2062 alliance&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bolton-taliban-may-seize-nuclear-weapons-from-pakistan-says-pakistani-military-has-radical-islamists-in-its-ranks\/\" title=\"Bolton: Taliban may seize Nuclear Weapons from Pakistan, says Pakistani military has radical Islamists in its ranks\">nuclear status<\/a>. He reiterated NATO&#8217;s ultimate goal of a nuclear-free world, but underscored the necessity of maintaining nuclear capabilities as long as other powers like Russia, China, \u200cand North Korea possess them. Details about the exact operational status\u2063 of nuclear warheads \u2062remain confidential as consultations \u200cwithin \u200cthe alliance continue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NATO members are debating deploying more nuclear weapons to counter rising hostile powers, especially China, according to NATO\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">secretary-general<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance is facing an unprecedented threat with a nuclear armed Russia and another rising nuclear power in China. To counter the threat and establish deterrence, the alliance is considering moving some nuclear weapons out of storage and making them operational.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI won\u2019t go into operational details about how many nuclear warheads should be operational and which should be stored, but we need to consult on these issues. That\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re doing,\u201d Stoltenberg told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2024\/06\/16\/nato-jens-stoltenberg-nuclear-weapons-deployt-russia-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Telegraph<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in an interview published over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn a not-very-distant future,\u201d he said, \u201cNATO may face something that it has never faced before, and that is two nuclear-powered potential adversaries \u2013 China and Russia. Of course, this has consequences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The secretary-general said that, unlike in years past, NATO should embrace transparency about its nuclear capabilities. Transparency is the key to deterrence, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTransparency helps to communicate the direct message that we, of course, are a nuclear alliance,\u201d Stoltenberg said. \u201cNATO\u2019s aim is, of course, a world without nuclear weapons, but as long as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-north-korea-law-allows-for-preemptive-nuclear-strikes-country-will-automatically-and-immediately-fire-nuke-if-kim-dies-in-attack\/\" title=\"New North Korea Law Allows For Preemptive Nuclear Strikes, Country Will \u2018Automatically And Immediately\u2019 Fire Nuke If Kim Dies In Attack\">nuclear weapons exist<\/a>, we will remain a nuclear alliance, because a world where Russia, China, and North Korea have nuclear weapons, and NATO does not, is a more dangerous world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">China in particular worries the NATO chief. Beijing\u2019s stockpile of nuclear warheads could grow to 1,000 by the end of the decade. The Chinese military is investing heavily in other forms of advanced weapons, as well, Stoltenberg said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NATO has 32 member countries, but only three of those are nuclear powers: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Americans tactical nuclear weapons are positioned in several other countries: Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/nato-should-flex-nuclear-muscle-jens-stoltenberg-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Politico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among NATO members, the U.S. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emilywashburn\/2023\/02\/24\/russia-has-the-most-nuclear-weapons-in-the-world-here-are-the-other-countries-with-the-largest-nuclear-arsenals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons at 5,428. Last year, the U.S. State Department <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/new-start-treaty-aggregate-numbers-of-strategic-offensive-arms-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that 1419 warheads were deployed. Russia is believed to have the largest stockpile of nuclear warheads in the world at 5,977. In 2022, Russia said that it had 1,549 warheads deployed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov bashed Stoltenberg\u2019s comments, calling them \u201cnothing else but an escalation.\u201d The Kremlin spokesman went on to add that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not talk about nuclear weapons \u201cat his own initiative as he takes the issue seriously,\u201d according to Politico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO, led by Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, is considering deploying additional nuclear weapons in response to escalating threats from nuclear-armed Russia and a burgeoning nuclear China. Stoltenberg highlighted the unprecedented challenge, emphasizing the need for enhanced deterrence strategies within the alliance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2270117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Jens-Stoltenberg.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2270116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/Jens-Stoltenberg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2270116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2270116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2270116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2270116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}