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 * Source
 * Four Big Need To Know Takeaways From The Long Awaited US Nuclear Posture Review - Joseph Trevithick, The Drive, January 12, 2018
 * Pentagon Document Confirms Existence of Russian Doomsday Torpedo - Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, January 16, 2018
 * Quote
 * ''Russian strategy and doctrine emphasize the potential coercive and military uses of nuclear weapons. It mistakenly assesses that the threat of nuclear escalation or actual first use of nuclear weapons would serve to "de-escalate"...


 * Other sources
 * Why Russia calls a limited nuclear strike "de-escalation" - Nikolai N. Sokov, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 13, 2014
 * The Problem With Russia’s Nuclear Weapons Doctrine - Joshua Stowell, Global Security Review, September 30, 2017
 * ''Russia’s military doctrine dictates the use of nuclear weapons in response to any non-nuclear assault on Russian territory.