No Changes To Nuclear Posture After Putin’s Warning, STRATCOM Says

U.S. Strategic Command boss Adm. Charles Richard speaks during the 2021 Space and Missile Defense Symposium.
Credit: U.S. Defense Department
The head of the U.S. military’s nuclear command has not recommended any posture changes more than two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ordering his nuclear forces to a “special mode” of alert. The US. military has not seen any major “muscle movements” of Russian nuclear forces...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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