FROM RUSSIA WITH NO LOVE: If the premise of the Trump administration’s latest nuclear posture review needed validation, Russia President Vladimir Putin delivered it today in blunt language, along with an animated depiction of a new nuclear cruise missile he said can evade any U.S. defenses. The Pentagon’s new nuclear policy includes plans for new, lower yield options meant to counter Russia’s growing arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons.

Speaking in a nationally televised address, Putin taunted the U.S., according to news reports from Moscow. “Efforts to contain Russia have failed, face it,” Putin was quoted as saying by Bloomberg, which noted Putin punctuated his nearly two-hour address with video clips of new weapons, including underwater drones, intercontinental missiles and a hypersonic system he said “heads for its target like a meteorite.”