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After warning the West that he was not bluffing when he threatened to use nuclear weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin really managed to scare NATO by launching the largest nuclear submarine in the world, the K-329 Belgorod, capable of carrying the Unmanned underwater drone “Poseidon” of the latest generation. Also called “the weapon of the apocalypse”, it is undetectable by enemy radars and is capable of causing a nuclear tsunami that would completely destroy vast coastal areas virtually anywhere in the world. The escalation was also reinforced by information in recent days that a train belonging to a secret nuclear division and loaded with nuclear weapons and ammunition had left for Ukraine. On Wednesday, Polish President Andrzej Duda went so far as to ask the United States to deploy nuclear weapons on the country’s territory.
Sources in the British “Times” indicate that Putin’s attack will most likely be delivered on the Black Sea. The president would give the order, hidden in a bunker far from the capital Moscow. Those closest to him were warned to quickly evacuate their families to a safe place. The refuge is believed to be a bunker in Siberia, possibly on the Yamal Peninsula or the Altai Mountains, capable of holding around 100,000 people.
Western experts, convinced that the Moscow leader is capable of all kinds of monstrous outbursts, have been trying for weeks to understand what scope and what form the possible Armageddon that Putin would decide to unleash could take. Vitaly Fedchenko, an analyst and expert on weapons of mass destruction, suggested to The Daily Beast that the most realistic hypothesis is
a big bang height on Ukraine,
whose electromagnetic pulse will “sizzle” digital networks there and across Europe. The second option is a low-altitude detonation that kills tens of thousands of Ukrainians but does not have an immediate impact on neighboring countries. The third is a so-called surface breach with winds that, depending on their direction, can carry radiation anywhere in the world. This does not take into account the possible plans of the Kremlin master to destroy with a conventional weapon the 16 nuclear reactors of Ukraine, with which hell will come to Earth, says Fedchenko.
According to Rod Thornton, a security expert at King’s College London, in the initial strike Putin is unlikely to order the destruction of an entire Ukrainian city, the goal would even be to cause as few victims as possible. The explosion will be more of a symbolic signal through which Moscow will try to show that it is serious and intends to defend itself by all means, explain the British. Predicting possible targets is impossible, he adds, but the island of snakes in the Black Sea, captured by the Russians at the beginning of the war and then recaptured by the Ukrainians and which has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance, is an option Putin could mean. .
C. “Financial Times” also mentions the uninhabited snake island, but adds more options: an underground explosion and an explosion high in the sky above Ukraine or the Black Sea.
This action will be preventive, preferably with few or no casualties. However, the publication specifies that the electromagnetic pulse from this explosion will fry unprotected electronic devices and the radioactive wave, which will initially be very large, will decrease to 1% after 48 hours. Most of the radioactive dust is likely to fall to the ground within 24 hours and pose a huge biological threat. The remaining particles in a lower concentration will be dispersed around the world by the prevailing winds.
The consequences of a possible nuclear attack depend on many circumstances, such as the type of weapon, where and how it is used, what the weather is like at that time, but even a small atomic bomb can have very serious repercussions due to radiation, which will cause serious health problems to survivors e
can be spread Europe and Asia, like poisons environment
However, the use of nuclear weapons could have the opposite effect. Because it is not excluded that it will also strike Russia and unite the population, as well as neighboring partner countries against the Russian authorities, so Putin will likely use an accusation that will lead to minimal consequences, Thornton believes. At the same time, the British expert points out that the more Putin is under pressure from the losses of the Russian army in Ukraine, the clearer it becomes that he cannot win the war, the more nuclear weapons are likely to be used. But this will create new problems for him, such as the probable rally of his opponents, even in military circles, who are opposed to such a dangerous escalation, as well as forcing NATO to intervene directly in Ukraine.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently the deputy. – head of the National Security Council, is of the opinion that
The West is too much fear of “nuclear power apocalypse”,
to decide to intervene directly in Ukraine, even if Russia has recourse to the nuclear arsenal. It is also unclear how the rest of the world will react. But the Russian president’s threats prompted India and China to break their silence on the war in Ukraine and express alarm. NATO has threatened severe consequences and Washington has called them catastrophic. According to Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, the most likely Western response will be a devastating attack with conventional weapons. A similar hypothesis was confirmed by former CIA chief General David Petraeus, according to which the United States and its allies will completely destroy Russian troops in Ukraine and sink the Russian Black Sea fleet.
A possible Russian nuclear attack will not catch the West off guard, experts say. This should be preceded by very active intelligence sharing between governments and security agencies. Diplomatic pressure on Russia to change course, as well as on India and China to strongly and decisively condemn her intentions, is set to increase dramatically. This could have a strong effect on it given its dependence on fuel exports.
5977. That’s it the number of Russian nuclear weapons tested
according to estimates by the Federation of American Scientists. Of these 1,500 are obsolete and need to be disposed of. Most of the rest is strategic, for use at long distances, and there is a smaller part that is tactical. Sources in the “Financial Times” indicate this
Moscow has 1,830 tactical warheads, but this publication states that the total of Russian nuclear weapons reaches 7,454. Reuters also adds that Moscow has 10 times more tactical warheads than the United States, with half of the American ones located in Europe.
Russia is the undisputed leader in terms of nuclear arsenal, followed by the United States with 5,428 nuclear warheads. The two countries together hold 90% of the world’s reserves. Another 7 countries have nuclear weapons: China (350), France (290), Great Britain (225), Pakistan (165), India (160), Israel (90) and North Korea (20).
