Russia Practices Nuclear Strike on West

Russia test-fired missiles from land, sea and air on Tuesday to simulate a “massive” nuclear strike against the West.

Taking into account growing geopolitical tensions and emerging new threats and risks, it’s important for us to have modern strategic forces that are always ready for combat.
—Vladimir Putin, Russian president

Putin said using nuclear weapons would be an “extremely exceptional measure,” but he has threatened to use them against the West if the United States or its allies allow Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia.

Land: State news agencies said Russia’s military test-fired a Yars nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile from its Plesetsk launch pad in the northwest to the Kura test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the northeast.

The Yars thermonuclear missile was built in secret in 2007. It can be armed with four warheads, each of which can be programmed to strike a different target.

Sea: Russia’s Defense Ministry said two nuclear-powered submarines in the Barents Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk also fired ballistic missiles that can be armed with nuclear warheads.

Air: Tu-95 strategic bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, practiced long-range cruise missile attacks.

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov said in a televised message that the exercises show Russia’s “strategic offensive forces launching a massive nuclear strike in response to a nuclear strike by the enemy.”

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