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Nato to review nuclear weapon policy as attitude to Russia hardens Alliance to discuss military exercises and missile guidelines in development harking back to Washington v Moscow rhetoric during cold war Alliance to discuss military exercises and missile guidelines in development harking back to Washington v Moscow rhetoric during cold war Nato, in an echo of the cold war, is preparing to re-evaluate its nuclear weapons strategy in response to growing tension with Russia over Ukraine, sources at the organisation have said. Updating Nato’s nuclear policy would amount to an escalation in tit-for-tat exchanges with Russia since the Ukraine crisis erupted last year. Expressing concern over President Vladimir Putin’s announcement last week that Russia was to buy 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles, Nato officials also said there was alarm over Russian rhetoric on nuclear weapons and the extent to which such weapons are involved in military exercises. Related:  Nato sh