This is CBS, I on the world. I'm John Bachelor. London reporting in these last days.

Russia to train troops to use nuclear weapons on the battlefield.

And then we moved to Washington, breaking defense within these last days.

Department of Defense, quote, exploring options for nuclear buildup as part of a strategic review.

I welcome Henry Sikalski, the Executive Director of the Non-Proliferation policy education center.

And we have a very good evening to you.

For some time, Mr. Putin has mentioned nuclear weapons every now and again,

and he is referring to Ukraine.

And this latest is not a surprise they're running military exercises.

However, the headline in Washington suggests that going forward, no matter who

wins the presidency, nuclear weapons to be updated are in the cards.

And then we have a document from the Heritage Foundation, which is heavily influential in the Republican camp,

avoiding stating this. heavily influential in the Republican camp.

Stating this, to avoid the great power war that could become a nuclear war that threatens the continued existence of the American Constitutional Republic, the United States

must build and field the nuclear arsenal of the 21st century. That's written by

Robert Peters of heritage.

Has something happened, Henry, did a suddenly new war break out there?

Good evening to you.

Good evening.

It's always the pleasure of being on your show. No, I don't think anything's happened. I think people are exhausted as far as their imagination about how to respond to a buildup that China pretty much has announced in so many

ways by what we can see from satellites over the last four years and I think

the Russians don't leave anything to our imagination they tell us and brag and show what they've done

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