Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Feeling relaxed: Putin has even joked in recent days about the prospect of nuclear conflict Waking up to daily headlines about nuclear obliteration is not a comfortable feeling. But Vladimir Putin seems to be relishing an exchange of deadly threats with the United States. As Donald Trump tears up a key arms control treaty and pledges to rebuild his country’s nuclear arsenal, Russia’s president has promised to mirror every move. Last week, he even joked about nuclear Armageddon. Military might has become key to Mr Putin’s positioning of Russia as a country to reckon with: no longer a superpower like the USSR, but still a nuclear force and one with its own agenda and interests to defend. So the fact that the INF treaty is now close to tatters apparently suits Moscow just fine. Signed in 1987 by the then Soviet and American leaders, the landmark agreement eliminated a whole class of ground-based missiles capable of hitting targets in Europe at a moment’s notice. Now the US is scrapping the deal, Mr Putin has warned European nations that they’ll be thrust back into the firing line as Moscow and Washington rearm. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionUS National Security Adviser John Bolton told Sarah Rainsford the US was now a “m
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