Russian Upper House Proposes Revision Of Conditions For Nuclear Weapons Use By Russia

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st November, 2018) The upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, recommended on Wednesday to prepare the revision of core Russian policies in the sphere of nuclear deterrence, which stipulates the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons.

"The Interdepartmental Commission of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on Military Security is (recommended) to consider the following issues: the preparation of a new revision of the 'Fundamentals of the Russian Federation's Nuclear Deterrence Policy', including the definition of conditions for the use of nuclear weapons, as well as for making decisions in response to the use of hypersonic weapons ans other non-nuclear strategic weapons by the enemy," the draft recommendations document, adopted by the Federation Council's Committee on Defense and Security, says.