Russia, in the person of Army General Yuri Baluyevsky, yesterday announced a change in military doctrine . Now a preemptive nuclear strike from Russia is part of a defensive strategy.
A possible reason is the economic collapse of the United States and, as a result, the quite predictable behavior of the American hawks. Russia is the main obstacle today that is holding back the States from actively plundering the energy riches of Iran and other Arab countries under the guise of product sharing agreements with new puppets. “A small victorious war” is one of the very few remaining ways for Americans to correct a threatening foreign trade deficit and try to prevent a new “Great Depression”. Only by applying a “disarming strike” on the nuclear forces of Russia and China, which American hawks have long dreamed of, can one gain real control over the world's resources.
Since the US doctrine provides for not only preventive, but also aggressive nuclear strikes (for example, on “terrorists”), changing our doctrine is simply necessary to maintain the balance of power. Nevertheless, it seems that the probability of the death of civilization in the coming years is the highest in the entire history of mankind.