The Russian government said the global security situation could change after the National Nuclear Security Administration of the United States (US) has decided to upgrade its nuclear weapons B61. Moscow worried about a new nuclear bomb that claimed it made the US less strongly tempted to use it.
The official decision of the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which has entered the phase of post-engineering, came after four years of work. That is, the first upgrade bomb was set to "used" by the year 2020.
Moscow's concerns voiced by the Foreign Ministry and Russian arms experts, who believe the US move could change the global security situation.
"We are discussing this as soon as plans emerged is related pencipaan something that according to the information has been made available to the public, which has greater precision, but not as strong as other weapons in the arsenal of the US," said Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Ryabkov , as quoted by RIA Novosti.
"This means that the threshold has been lowered weaponry in theory, the course will destabilize the situation to a certain extent," said Ryabkov.
Mikhail Ulyanov, head of the Department of Arms Control related to also worry about the new developments. He believes that although the US nuclear weapons is made less powerful, but it can ultimately lead to greater temptation to use them.
"It is no coincidence that some American experts were quick to call the new warhead that is more ethical, which states that the user will have a lighter humanitarian consequences. But this is precisely why this is a bad thing, "said Ulyanov told RIA Novosti.
"The characteristics of these weapons objective would increase the temptation to use it. This means a substantial lowering of the threshold for using nuclear weapons, "he added, quoted on Thursday (04/08/2016).
B61 nuclear bombs have become a major US air since 1968, when the first version was assigned. Some modifications were canceled over the years and more withdrawn from their use. Now, only the models 3,4,7,11 and 12 were still in active service.
Upgrade of US nuclear bombs is also part of the Obama administration's plan to modernize the US nuclear weapons arsenal, which is estimated will cost around USD355 billion in 2023. However, critics said this figure could rise to more than $ 1 trillion.
"This life extension program directly supports President Obama's directive to maintain the safety, security, and effective nuclear deterrent, while reducing the size of the stockpile," said US Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, in a press release issued by NNSA.
