During security talks with US and NATO officials, Russian diplomats have "hinted" at the possibility of deploying nuclear missiles "closer to the US coast" if the West does not accept Moscow's demands for security guarantees in Europe. The New York Times, which cites Western diplomats involved in the discussions.
According to the publication, Russian representatives have not directly announced such plans. The newspaper did not specify exactly how these hints were expressed, as well as which specific countries and territories located "closer to the US coast" were in question. However, the article says that this will reduce the time to approach the target to five minutes.
According to the authors of the article, it is impossible to say how serious such plans are and whether they are an attempt to intimidate Western countries to force them to accept Russia's demands in the negotiations. At the same time, as journalists note, such intentions are reminiscent of the Caribbean crisis of the early 1960s.
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