Russian nuclear forces 'enough to deter aggression'

Russia will not aspire to the same number of nuclear weapons as the United States and other Nato member nations, but will maintain forces sufficient to deter any aggression, the chief of the Russian General Staff said today.

General Yuri Baluyevsky said that Russia “has and will have nuclear deterrent forces sufficient to bring to reason anyone who could try to test the strength of our borders or tap our natural resources”.