New 'Cuban missile crisis'

The Armageddon of nuclear war is something that should be avoided, even if it means dying for it never to happen, excuse the pun.

- Eric Naki

In the context of growing tensions between Russia and the West after Europe gave Ukraine permission to use their weapons to hit inside Russian territory, both sides began to discuss nuclear deterrence.

We read that recently President Vladimir Putin discussed changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine at a Security Council meeting devoted to nuclear deterrence. Putin proposed that aggression by any non-nuclear state with the support of a nuclear power should be considered as their joint attack on Russia.