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EXPLAINED: Russian official warns trump to remember the dead hand an automatic nuclear trigger if leaders are attacked | Vintage Vibes

Dmitry Medvedev (Credit: Photo by Alexey Nnikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

A high-ranking Russian official warned President Donald Trump about the "Dead Hand," a Cold War Soviet nuclear command that allegedly triggers automatic retaliation if Moscow leadership is targeted.

The warning was issued by Dmitri Medvedev, the former president of Russia and current deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, who has been exchanging threats with Trump on social media over the past days.

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