Yet another action taken by a major world power pushes the world to the brink of war. According to a report by Reuters, Russia has test-fired missiles over a massive distance of thousands of miles Tuesday to simulate a major nuclear response to potential enemy first strikes. This is pretty scary, folks. What this means is that Russia has the capabilities to launch nuclear attacks on its enemies, along with the willingness to do so. It’s a flex of muscle designed to strike fear in any other nation or fighting force that might be considering or would consider in the future, attacking Russia.
“Given the growing geopolitical tensions and the emergence of new external threats and risks, it is important to have modern and constantly ready-to-use strategic forces,” President Vladimir Putin remarked as he announced the tests.
It took place at a critical moment in the Russia-Ukraine war, after weeks of Russian signals to the West that Moscow will respond if the United States and its allies allow Kyiv to fire longer-range missiles deep into Russia.
NATO stated on Monday that the dictatorship of North Korea, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, has sent troops to the western part of Russia, which Moscow has not denied. Defense Minister Andrei Belousov spoke with Putin and informed him that the reason for the drill was to practice delivering “a massive nuclear strike by strategic offensive forces in response to a nuclear strike by the enemy.”
The exercise involved Russia’s full nuclear “triad” of ground-, sea- and air-launched missiles. A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome in northwest Russia to Kamchatka, a peninsula in the far east. Sineva and Bulava ballistic missiles were fired from submarines, and cruise missiles were launched from strategic bomber planes, the defence ministry said. The 2-1/2-year-old war is entering what Russian officials say is its most dangerous phase as the West considers how to shore up Ukraine while Russian forces advance in the east of the country.
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