Putin Could Use a Tactical Nuclear Weapon in the Ukraine

Putin Could Use a Tactical Nuclear Weapon in the Ukraine

Vladimir Putin could still use a tactical nuclear weapon. People who now speak as though that possibility has evaporated are displaying a confidence the evidence does not support. Russia has the weapons. Russian doctrine continues to allow for nuclear first use. And the war has grown larger and stranger than almost anyone expected when it began in February 2022. An ATACMS missile being launched from an M270 MLRS. The tactical nuclear question ha…