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It seems as if the reported pullout of Russian forces from Georgia may not be the end of the mini-war that has started, which brang the US into greater animosity with the former Soviet nation.

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Russia is considering arming its Baltic fleet with nuclear warheads for the first time since the cold war, senior military sources were quoted as saying by the Sunday Times.

The warning comes after Thursday's agreement between Poland and the United States that will see a battery of American missiles established inside Poland. The plan has infuriated Moscow and prompted a top Russian general to say Friday that the deal exposed Poland to attack, pointing out that Russian military doctrine permitted the use of nuclear weapons in such a situation.

According to the British newspaper, the nuclear warheads could be supplied to submarines, cruisers and fighter bombers of the Baltic fleet based in Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave between the Poland and Lithuania.

The Times quoted a senior military source in Moscow as saying that although the fleet had suffered from under-funding since the collapse of communism, "That will change now."

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