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President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of new nuclear weapons is part of a resurgent Russian assertiveness that the West is already responding to, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on March 5, adding that he hoped to avoid an arms race.

Putin unveiled an array of new nuclear weapons – that he said were either ready or in development – March 1, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and not be intercepted.

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