If Sweden and Finland join NATO, Russia will deploy nukes to the Baltics. Russia is already assessed to have nuclear assets in the region. Experts said it was a threat from Russia. Russia already has nuclear weapons in the region, so it would deploy them to the Baltics if the two Nordic countries join NATO. The land borders of the alliance with the Russian Federation will double if Sweden and Finland join. The boundaries will have to be strengthened, according to the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council. There can't be any talk of a nuclear-free status for the Baltics, according to an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian threat is "quite strange" since Russia has nuclear weapons in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave on the Baltic sea, according to the Defence Minister ofLithuania. Poland andLithuania are both NATO members. The current Russian threats look strange, when we know that they keep the weapon 100 km from the border. The countries in the region use nuclear weapons as a threat and the international community is aware of that. Satellite images published by the Federation of American Scientists show a renovation of an active nuclear weapons storage site in the Kaliningrad region, about 50 kilometers from the Polish border. Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden, said that the warning was a "fairly empty threat" given the presence of Russian nukes. The director of the nuclear information project at FAS downplayed the threat of nuclear weapons and challenged the Russian politician to restore balance if they joined NATO. What is the balance? There will be no nukes in east Europe even if Sweden joins. NATO expansion will likely reinforce that. Russia's war in Ukraine has made it possible for Sweden and Finland to join NATO. The leaders of both countries indicated on Wednesday that a decision could be made in the near future. The original article is on Business Insider. 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