Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2018 Russian nuclear weapons declaration


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The result was delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:53, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

2018 Russian nuclear weapons declaration

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.Violates WP:NOTNEWS. Newroderick895 14:09, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is about as NOTNEWS as it gets. An article about one aspect of one speech (roughly the Russian equivalent of the US State of the Union). Plausibly, we could have article on each annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly; we do have comparable articles for each year's State of the Union. Actually doing so would probably require the assistance of Russian-fluent editors, so... that won't be me. If a 2018 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly article existed, I'd suggest we merge or redirect or something to there. But it doesn't. So deletion. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 15:14, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Whether or not this is the way to frame it, this article is about a definitely notable event. This is a milestone in the history of the nuclear balance of terror. America and Russia both have strategic nuclear forces meant to deter a nuclear first strike by an enemy. This is mutually assured destruction. Starting with Reagan, the American missile defense program was meant to provide a way out of this balance, by allowing incoming missiles to be intercepted and destroyed. Putin announced a new generation of nuclear weapons delivery systems, specifically meant to get past missile defense, and blamed this escalation of the arms race on an American refusal to heed Russia's strategic concerns. If that's not notable, what is? Mporter (talk) 03:06, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 02:30, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 02:30, 14 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Russia and weapons of mass destruction which covers this topic in a paragraph, which is much more useful than the single sentence in this article. If someone wants to write something relatively in-depth on this specific topic, it could then be split out into a separate article. Nick-D (talk) 23:26, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. NOTNEWS. Should possibly go into individual weapon articles, e.g. Kh-47M2 Kinzhal, Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System where it seems to be already present.Icewhiz (talk) 06:48, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete These sorts of announcements are made all the time. Russia and weapons of mass destruction seems to cover it. Don't see anything that requires a separate article.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  22:12, 17 April 2018 (UTC)


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