Senior Policy Director John Erath was quoted in The Washington Post discussing Russia’s recent test of an intercontinental ballistic missile with the potential to carry a large nuclear payload.
Russia has always had a substantial number of ICBMs that could strike the United States and Europe, said John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
Putin’s recent threats are more worrisome than the weapon itself, Erath said.
“We should be very concerned about this practice of making threats as an instrument of Russian policy [that] is gaining currency,” Erath said. Read more