NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg recently announced that NATO will hold an annual regular nuclear deterrent exercise as planned next week. He said that canceling the exercise now will send a "error signal" to Russia, and it is an absolutely wrong signal. Meanwhile, Stoltenberg also claimed that NATO's firm moves and military strength are "the best way to prevent escalation."
It is obvious that NATO feels a lot of pressure. Some people have strongly opposed NATO's continued holding this exercise, worried that insisting on conducting nuclear exercises at this time will stimulate Russia. Because no matter how NATO emphasizes that this exercise is routine and is not targeted at any country, Russia will not believe it.
So, who is the one who opposes continuing to carry out nuclear military exercises?
First of all, the possibility is not high in the United States. The US media regards NATO's insistence on conducting nuclear deterrence exercises as "ignoring Russia's warning." In fact, Russia has not directly expressed its opposition to NATO's regular exercises. Although the United States has nuclear weapon , if nuclear war occurs, the main battlefield will not be in the United States, and the European continent will suffer. Europe only has nuclear weapons, and the nuclear weapons of these two countries are not Russia's opponents. Therefore, most of NATO's European member states are certainly opposed to holding such exercises at this time. A few days ago, Macron also warned Biden to "speak carefully" on the nuclear issue. From this, it can be seen that France is very worried about "nuclear expansion". They are the only nuclear country in EU .
Although European countries strongly oppose it, NATO is the Americans who have the final say and they insist on the exercises as usual. The US's attitude can be understood as they are not very worried about Russia's nuclear threat , or in other words, they are also preparing to fight back against Russia. Americans are not worried about the nuclear war on the European continent. They have experience in dealing with the Cuban nuclear bomb crisis. Americans know that the Russians are also very cautious about "nuclearity". They will never use the atomic bomb until the critical moment of life and death. Since Putin can repeatedly play the "nuclear deterrence concept", NATO can do it too.
Americans and Russians have been fighting openly and secretly for decades, and they know each other very well. Now they have to fight on the battlefield, and the political game in secret is more intense. Putin publicly shouted out a nuclear threat, which scared the EU into a cold sweat. Biden must find a way to win back the game in this regard, so this "nuclear exercise" must be carried out. This step will inevitably stimulate the Russians and the nuclear risk will increase further, but now it is a "blink" game. Whoever slows down their attitude first will think they will lose all the money.
