now, most of russia s war heads are not currently on missile bases. just over 1,400 are deployable at the moment. these are intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarines and bombers. but what russia s president would really use them? he thinks putin is bluffing. he reminded everyone he s got nuclear weapons, which starts people off being worried. reporter: it is designed to change the dynamics of the war. somebody like that does become more dangerous when he s in a corner. it is most unlikely. i don t want to learn people necessarily. the probability is low but not
ukrainian people were desperate to join nato. now, there is stage of disillusionment so there is no miraculous cure. bombs are still falling. kids are still dying. it s easy to explain to ukrainian people if neutrality stops the war, why it s important we do that. at the same time, look, if the open door becomes truly open at some point, you know, before this is over and that can stop, you know, the killing of our children, you know, we reconsider once again. here in lviv, i ve seen the power of president zelenskyy, the power he commands. i was in a restaurant earlier in the week and everyone stood up, you know, and stopped what they were doing, stopped, eating, stopped drinking just to watch him. as this war heads into the second month, what is keeping your president going do you think? well, he s just like that.
weapons. national security experts say allowing russia to increase its stockpile is dangerous and reckless. russia has the world s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons between 6,000 and 7,000 war heads. more than the united states by far. so now with the final iran deal just days, maybe even hours away, we re told the discrepancy between the two sides is a couple of snags, now in place blocking this deal for about a week. one of the main issues here is iran s demand that biden delist their military known as the iran revolutionary guard corps from the terrorist organization. something israel is definitely not on board with. trace. trace: gillian turner live at the state department. thank you. dana: fears of another pandemic as a new covid variant blanket the country and officials want to fight it with a fourth vaccine dose.
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increasing already heightened tensions in the region. as you just noted, and it is getting worse. joining us now is the director of george mason university national security law and policy program. how do you see it? is this a significant threat? yeah, arthel, look, i think that obviously the ability of the chinese to deliver nuclear weapons or even conventional war heads through a hypersonic capability is an important new step for em, the ability to for them, the ability to bring a weapon from space, being able to maneuver it the way these glide vehicles can to evade our missile systems a huge step forward and a huge threat to the united states if we get in conflict with them whether that s in taiwan or some other area as eric was just talking about. arthel: is there a diplomatic response? or does this call for something more dramatic? in a lot of areas, china is seeking to engage us and get ahead of us, whether that s