Russia Nuclear Exercises: Russia’s Defense Ministry has announced to conduct military exercises with tactical nuclear weapons. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that some Western officials have made provocative statements regarding the Ukraine war, after which Russia has decided to conduct military exercises with nuclear weapons. This order has been given by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. It is said that Russia has been conducting military exercises with strategic nuclear weapons before, but this is the first time that Russia has announced military exercises with tactical nuclear weapons.
Experts believe that there is a political message hidden behind Russia’s announcement of conducting military exercises with tactical nuclear weapons. Experts said that tactical weapons can be used against soldiers on the battlefield. Their capacity can be reduced by as much as one kilo ton. The American bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during the Second World War was of 15 kilo tons. These can be made small enough to carry nuclear weapons, missiles, cannons and aerial bombs for the battlefield. Due to their small size, their use becomes quite easy. These can be easily moved from one place to another.
There is no control over strategic weapons
Additionally, strategic nuclear weapons are subject to arms control agreements between Moscow and Washington, while there are no restrictions on tactical weapons. In this case it is easy to use. Russia has never given information about how many strategic weapons it has. Putin has been threatening to use nuclear weapons since February 2022. Putin has been irritated many times by the intervention of Western powers in the Russia-Ukraine war. Now once again he has warned NATO countries without naming them.
NATO countries on Russia’s target
Russia had transferred some of its strategic nuclear weapons to Belarus only last year. This country is a neighbor of NATO members Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had been demanding the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus for a long time. Russia has strong relations with Belarus, with Russia continuously using Belarus as a staging ground during the Ukraine war. Both Vladimir Putin and Lukashenko have described the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus as a way to deal with Western countries. Belarus has a border of 1,084 kilometers with Ukraine. In such a situation, Russia is deploying strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus, due to which NATO countries have now become Russia’s target.
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