"Kreml responds to the possible of NATO aircraft capable of carrying atomic weapons at the border with Russia The presence of F-35 in Estonia would be considered a direct threat, said spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov"

Their airspace is patrolled by allied aircraft due to limited national capabilities.

NATO's east expansion has long been the subject of a dispute in Russia that accuses the West of breaking the assurances made after the Cold War ended.

During the NATO summit in The Hague this week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed the planned acquisition of at least 12 F-35A aircraft, thereby restoring British atomic deterrence possible in the air for the first time since the 1990s.Although the US, large Britain and France are the only authoritative atomic powers in NATO, American atomic weapons are inactive stationed in respective allied countries without atomic weapons.

Moscow claims that training NATO pilots for atomic missions under the leadership of the US violates the spirit of non-proliferation agreements.citing the request to counter the increasing threats from NATO close its borders, Russia deployed tactical atomic weapons to Belarus and conducted joint exercises with the Belarusian forces last year.

Translated by Google Translator

source:https://www.rt.com/russia/620653-estonia-nuclear-warplanes-kremlin/