A senior Pentagon official says Russia is “playing with fire” by threatening to expand its nuclear weapons arsenal in response to a rising military presence by the United States and its NATO allies in Eastern Europe.
“Anyone who thinks they can control escalation through the use of nuclear weapons is literally playing with fire,” US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said on Thursday, Press TV reported.
“Escalation is escalation, and nuclear use would be the ultimate escalation,” Work said before a House Armed Services subcommittee, The Independent reported on Friday.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Moscow would add …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
