Russia's nuclear arsenal is huge, but will Putin use it?

October 17, 2022

Russia's nuclear arsenal is huge, but will Putin use it?

A Russian Iskander-M missile launcher parades through Red Square in central Moscow on May 7, 2022. The Iskander is one of several Russian systems that can launch nuclear weapons.

Experts in Russian doctrine worry that as the war in Ukraine gets more desperate, Russia might be tempted to detonate a nuclear weapon.

(Image credit: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

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