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And then he went on to say that if US

Aug. 18, 2018 by Kenneth Newton

And then he went on to say that if US nuclear weapons are deployed to Europe, Russia will "have to make the decision on the way they will do that." And then he gave some of the numbers for the "maths." First, he would put nuclear-armed missiles on submarines or surface ships.

"At a speed of Mach 9, these missiles can strike a target more than 1,000 km away," he explained. "For ballistic missiles, the maximum range is around 1,000 miles. What if these weapons move into Europe and are capable of breaching the border? How long would it take to reach that decision? The maths. The distance of 1,000 kilometers at Mach 9. How long would it take to reach the decision-making centers that are creating threats to us? The calculation is not in their favor."

And then he went on to say that if US nuclear weapons are deployed to Europe, Russia will "have to make the decision on the way they will do that."

Now, I'm sure there are some who think that Trump is suggesting that the US will deploy nuclear weapons to Europe. And yes, that's exactly what he did on the first anniversary of his inauguration. But, as I've pointed out, Trump has been very vocal about his desire, in his public statements, to build on the US' nuclear program. In fact, Trump's first major foreign policy speech was a speech to an annual gathering of foreign ministers and diplomats from the United Kingdom to mark the start of the New Year. In his first address to the gathering, Trump said that he would "build on the strength of our nuclear arsenal" in order to keep a nuclear-armed world together. In a speech to the same gathering in October, Trump also said that he would "take a look at the nuclear threat in Europe, and we will see if we can find some sort of deterrent." And in December, Trump said that the US would "take a look at the threat of terrorism" in Europe, and that he was "very sure that we will find some kind of deterrent." And, of course, nuclear weapons have become more and more important in modern US foreign policy.

So, I think that, at least in Washington, Trump's speech to the gathering was going to be very different than what the first one did, and it was going to be more focused on the "nuclear threat." So, that is something