The United States currently has an estimated 7,000 nuclear weapons, while Russia has a stockpile estimated at 7,300.
“We need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces, especially with missile complexes that can reliably penetrated any existing and prospective missile defense systems,” Putin said in a speech Dec.22, Agence France-Presse reported.
Hours later, president-elect Trump said in a tweet that the US should “expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.”
