In an interview with pro-Kremlin newspaper Lenta.ru, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia perceives the transfer of F-16 fighters to Ukraine as a nuclear threat due to what Lavrov says is the jets' capacity to carry nuclear weapons.

In an interview with pro-Kremlin newspaper Lenta.ru, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia perceives the transfer of F-16 fighters to Ukraine as a nuclear threat due to what Lavrov says is the jets’ capacity to carry nuclear weapons.

  • tal@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    In an interview with pro-Kremlin newspaper Lenta.ru, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia perceives the transfer of F-16 fighters to Ukraine as a nuclear threat due to what Lavrov says is the jets’ capacity to carry nuclear weapons.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suitcase_nuclear_device

    Lavrov could carry a nuclear weapon. Is Lavrov a nuclear threat? Not to mention that Russia actually has access to weapons in said class, unlike Ukraine and F-16-deployable nuclear weapons, and theoretically one could be strapped to Lavrov.

    • verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 year ago

      Good point. I think Lavrov should be checked every day, to make sure he can still breathe with his head up his butt. Not for his benefit, so much as to see if he also has a nuke in there.