Chilling video shows how '34m people would die in hours' if Putin launched his nukes

He has rattled his nuclear saber quite a bit and this is dangerous behavior,

Austin said of the Russian President

Countries that are prepared to enter into a conflict with Russia risk a nuclear response. This doctrine is primarily a message to the team of the outgoing US president,

summarizes the Russian political scientist Nikolai Kostikin

As I always say, ... they're not going to argue this in court: No one's going to hold a hearing before carrying out a nuclear strike."

Podvig remarks ironically

From a military point of view, it would make no sense, because it wouldn't change the situation on the front line. You must understand that all other countries would react extremely negatively to any such deployment,

he said

A nuclear power was seen as the potential source of aggression — almost certainly in reference to a NATO state — and its non-nuclear ally would be punished as well,

he said