West is responding to Putin's 'more assertive Russia': NATO chief

By Raya Jalabi BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's announcement of new nuclear weapons is part of a resurgent Russian assertiveness that the West is already responding to, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, adding that he hoped to avoid an arms race. Putin unveiled an array of new nuclear weapons - that he said were either ready or in development - last Thursday, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and not be intercepted. "We are of course concerned," Stoltenberg said during a visit to Iraq.

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