Riziko nukleárnej vojny vzrastá

Riziko vtiahnutia Ruska do pohraničných konfliktov, ktoré sa za určitých okolností môžu následne premeniť na vojnu s použitím jadrových zbraní vzrastá, varoval náčelník generálneho štábu Ruských ozbrojených síl. Kľúčovou hrozbou pre krajinu je rozširovanie NATO do bývalých krajín sovietskeho bloku vo Východnej a strednej Európe.

Russia is facing a heightened risk of being drawn into conflicts at its borders that have the potential of turning nuclear, the nation's top military officer said Thursday.

Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, cautioned over NATO's expansion eastward and warned that the risks of Russia being pulled into local conflicts have "risen sharply."

Makarov added, according to Russian news agencies, that "under certain conditions local and regional conflicts may develop into a full-scale war involving nuclear weapons."

A steady decline in Russia's conventional forces has prompted the Kremlin to rely increasingly on its nuclear deterrent.

Russia sees NATO's expansion to include former Soviet republics and ex-members of the Soviet bloc in eastern and central Europe as a key threat to Russia's security.

Makarov specifically referred to NATO's plans to offer membership to Georgia and Ukraine as potentially threatening Russia's security. Russia routed Georgian forces in a brief August 2008 war over a separatist province of South Ossetia. Moscow later recognized South Ossettia and another breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia as independent states and increased its military presence there.

Makarov warned that the planned pullout of NATO forces from Afghanistan could trigger conflicts in neighboring ex-Soviet Central Asian nations that could "grow into a large-scale war."

Článok via AP: http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/2011/11/russian-military-chief-warns-of-nuclear.html

19.11.2011