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Tehran 22 February _Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has lambasted as a “dangerous game’ the United States’ simulation of a nuclear war with Russia in a recent military drill, saying Washington is determined to pursue the path of confrontation with Moscow.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)-“The United States continues a series of command-staff exercises and other drills involving the simulation of limited nuclear strikes, particularly - as it became known recently - on targets in Russia,” the state-run TASS news agency quoted Ryabkov as saying on Saturday.
His remarks were made in reaction to what a senior Pentagon official told reporters on Friday about a “mini exercise” the US military conducted earlier this week at the US Strategic Command headquarters in Nebraska.
According to the US official, the scenario “included a European contingency where you’re conducting a war with Russia and Russia decides to use a low-yield, limited nuclear weapon against a site on NATO territory.” He added on Friday that “during the course of the exercise, we simulated responding with a nuclear weapon.”
The Pentagon official also confirmed that the showdown had been performed in the presence of US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
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