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Story summary
- Russia would need to recommission up to 2,000 tactical nuclear warheads using inexperienced technicians, observable by Western satellites.
- President Vladimir Putin faces pressure from factions to consider a tactical nuclear strike following Ukrainian drone attacks.
- The warheads sit in twelve Russian arsenals, idle since 1990, and require manual re-assembly.
- China’s President Xi Jinping, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump warned Putin against breaking the nuclear taboo.
