US 'Not Surprised' by Russia's Nuclear Claims, 'Fully Prepared' to Defend Itself

The United States is brushing aside a series of claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he has an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can hit a target anywhere in the world. Both the White House and the Pentagon dismissed the talk as rhetoric Thursday, saying Russia's attempts to modernize its nuclear force came as no surprise and would do little to rattle the U.S. "President Putin has confirmed what the United States government has known all along," White...

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