Karol Nawrocki has said he is a \u201cstrong supporter of joining a nuclear project,\u201d citing a perceived Russian threat<\/p>\n
Poland needs to develop its own nuclear weapons program, President Karol Nawrocki has suggested, citing a perceived \u2018Russian threat\u2019.
\nNATO\u2019s European members have long cited what they claim to be the specter of Russian aggression to justify their massive military buildup. Moscow has dismissed such claims as \u201cnonsense\u201d and baseless fearmongering.
\nSpeaking to Polsat News on Sunday, Nawrocki said he is a \u201cstrong supporter of Poland joining the nuclear project.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe need to act in this direction so that we can begin work,\u201d the Polish president stated, adding that he does not know whether Warsaw would actually pursue this endeavor.
\nPoland is a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which recognizes only five nuclear-armed states: China, France, Russia, the US, and UK.
\nMeanwhile, talk of obtaining nuclear weapons is no longer taboo in Germany. The topic is increasingly discussed by the media and gaining \u201cadvocates among politicians, MPs, the military officials and experts,\u201d Russian Ambassador to Berlin Sergey Nechaev told RIA Novosti on Friday, calling the trend highly concerning.
\nKay Gottschalk, a lawmaker from the right-wing AfD party, said last month that Germany \u201cneeds nuclear weapons,\u201d arguing that European nations could no longer rely on American protection. He stated that the recent tensions between the US and its European allies over Greenland proved that Washington\u2019s interests are \u201cfundamentally different from ours.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Last July, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said that Germany could build a nuclear bomb \u201cin a matter of months,\u201d but noted that the scenario was \u201cpurely hypothetical.\u201d
\nIn December, Japanese media quoted a senior adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as suggesting that the country should consider developing its own nuclear deterrent. The remark drew a sharp rebuke from China.
\nRussian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said last month that some countries may conclude that acquiring nuclear weapons is the only way to guarantee self-defense and sovereignty amid growing global instability.
\n\u201cA range of nations have the technical capacity to run a military nuclear program, and some are pursuing research in this area,\u201d he said.
\nApart from the five permanent UN Security Council members, India, Pakistan and North Korea also possess nuclear arsenals, while Israel is widely believed to have undeclared capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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