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NATO Is 'Closely Monitoring' Russia's Nuclear Forces: Stoltenberg
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1:17Now PlayingNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that the 30-nation military alliance will hold long-planned exercises next week to test the state of readiness of its nuclear capabilities.
"This is routine training that happens every year to keep our deterrence safe, secure and effective," Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels, on the eve of a meeting of NATO defense ministers.
The exercise, dubbed "Steadfast Noon," is held annually and usually runs for about one week.
It involves fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear warheads but does not involve any live bombs. Conventional jets, and surveillance and refueling aircraft also routinely take part.
NATO as an organization does not possess any nuclear weapons. They remain under the control of three member countries – the U.S., U.K. and France.
Asked whether it was the wrong time to be holding such an exercise, Stoltenberg said: "It would send a very wrong signal now, if we suddenly cancelled a routine, long-time planned exercise because of the war in Ukraine."
Stoltenberg said that President Vladimir Putin's nuclear rhetoric over the war in Ukraine is "irresponsible," and he said that "Russia knows that a nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought."
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