Russia Names U.S. Targets of Nuclear Retaliation
Expanding on Putin’s warning, prime-time broadcast describes ability to strike in under 5 minutes
In 1987, the U.S. and Russia signed a nuclear-arms treaty banning land-based missiles capable of flying 300 to 3,400 miles. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains why the landmark agreement is now on the brink of collapse. Photo Illustration: Laura Kammermann
MOSCOW—A top Russian state television broadcaster held out the possibility of a nuclear exchange with the U.S., boasting that the Kremlin could retaliate with strikes on the Pentagon and Camp David.
The comments by one of Russia’s most influential state television presenters during his Sunday prime-time wrap-up of the week’s news escalated Russia’s saber-rattling following the breakdown of a Cold War-era nuclear treaty with Washington.
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