TY - JOUR AU - Chitadze, Nika PY - 2022/11/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING AND STRENGTHENING NATO’S NUCLEAR DETERRENCE BASED ON THE RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE JF - Strategic Panorama JA - Strateg Pano VL - IS - SE - Articles DO - 10.53679/2616-9460.specialissue.2022.10 UR - https://niss-panorama.com/index.php/journal/article/view/137 SP - 104-110 AB - The study focuses on NATO’s nuclear policy in the face of Russia’s aggressive policy and threats from the Kremlin.The author examines the history of the nuclear policy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since the founding of NATO, as well as key aspects of the implementation of NATO’s nuclear deterrence policy.Part of the study focuses on the geostrategic aspects of NATO’s nuclear triad and covers the three components of the nuclear triad: strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). It also examines specific aspects of the use of nuclear systems by the three main nuclear powers of NATO, namely the USA, the UK, and France, and the main geopolitical rivals of the Alliance, specifically the Russian Federation, taking into account Russian aggression against Ukraine, and the People’s Republic of China.  ER -