OREANDA-NEWS  The United States is developing means to neutralize Russian nuclear weapons, which, according to the idea, will be able to hit a significant part of the country's nuclear potential before its leadership decides on a retaliatory strike, according to the magazine for military leaders "Military Thought", published by the Ministry of Defense.

As follows from the publication, in order to preserve world leadership, the United States is trying to implement a set of measures to deter Russia with both nuclear and strategic non-nuclear weapons. Moreover, the authors note, the theory of deterrence in the United States and NATO countries has been replaced by the theory of preemptive military actions.

"In the medium term, the United States seeks to possess strategic non-nuclear weapons with a short flight time to the target and formally not subject to any bilateral or international restrictions, the use of which is possible to perform strategic offensive tasks that ensure the defeat of a significant number of Russian nuclear forces before the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation decides to strike a retaliatory strike", - the article says.

According to the conclusions of the publication, "this may have an extremely negative impact on the national security of the Russian Federation and will require its political leadership to actively counter emerging threats."