NATO chief says no ‘need now’ to change nuclear alert level

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and Polish President Andrzej Duda speak with military personnel on March 1, 2022 at the military air base in Lask, Poland. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and Polish President Andrzej Duda speak with military personnel on March 1, 2022 at the military air base in Lask, Poland. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)

NATO’s chief says the alliance sees no need to change its nuclear weapons alert level, despite Russia’s threats.

NATO’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, speaks to The Associated Press following talks on European security with Polish President Andrzej Duda at an air base in Poland where NATO’s Polish and US fighter jets are based.

“We will always do what is needed to protect and defend our allies, but we don’t think there is any need now to change the alert levels of NATO’s nuclear forces,” Stoltenberg says.

The Kremlin has raised the specter of nuclear war, reporting yesterday that its land, air and sea nuclear forces are on high alert following President Vladimir Putin’s weekend order. NATO itself has no nuclear weapons, but three of its members — the United States, Britain and France — do.

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