Kremlin Calls NATO Chief's Nuclear Weapons Remark an 'Escalation of Tension'

NUCLEAR - MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Monday a remark by NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg that the military alliance was holding talks on deploying more nuclear weapons was an "escalation of tension".

Stoltenberg told Britain's Telegraph newspaper that NATO members were consulting about deploying more nuclear weapons, taking them out of storage, and placing them on standby in the face of a growing threat from Russia and China.