Threat assessment: Potemkin Putin versus the US Nuclear Posture Review | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Threat assessment: Potemkin Putin versus the US Nuclear Posture Review | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Just weeks before his country's next national election, Russian President Vladimir Putin did all but set off fireworks celebrating Russia’s military might in his March 1 address to the Federal Assembly (Russia’s legislature). Putin clearly intended to fan domestic flames of nationalism and pride in advance of his certain re-election. The messages for his international audience, especially Americans who are the intended target of those new weapons systems he announced, however, were mixed.