Overview
- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance will more prominently communicate its nuclear capability to strengthen deterrence credibility.
- Rutte called NATO’s nuclear posture a perfect guarantee of security and reiterated that a nuclear war cannot be won or fought.
- He pointed to October’s Steadfast Noon exercise as a clear signal that the alliance can and will defend member states.
- U.S. President Donald Trump said he instructed the Pentagon to immediately resume nuclear weapons testing, a move reported by state media that intensified debate.
- President Vladimir Putin tasked Russian ministries to submit proposals on possibly preparing for nuclear tests, and spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this is a study rather than a decision to test, as Russian politicians criticized Rutte and NATO policy.