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Russia will "launch" a mock nuclear attack against the
U.S. and Britain during military exercises over the
next week.
Moscow's Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports that Russia's
strategic bombers and nuclear submarines "will
deliver hypothetical nuclear strikes on the U.S. and
Britain, while locating and destroying aircraft-carrier
groups of the U.S. Navy."
The massive air, sea and land maneuvers are being
conducted in the wake of America's stunning victory
over Iraq, a longtime client state of Russia.
If the mock strikes were real, they would kill 125
million Americans in the first three days of such an
attack, with tens of millions more casualties in the
weeks after.
The paper said the exercises are taking place
because "Russian military leaders have learned a
lesson from the Iraq war, and intend to show the U.S.
and its allies their determination to repel any potential
threat coming from the West."
The Russian military, in plans drawn up at the request
of President Vladimir Putin, argues that the only way
Russia can deal with an escalating regional conflict
with the U.S. would be to employ nuclear weapons.
Though Russia's military has been considerably
downsized since the end of the Cold War and its
conventional forces hold little weight against a
modern equipped army, Russia has continued to
invest heavily in strategic and tactical nuclear
weapons.
Sometime during the '90s, Russia attained nuclear
superiority over the U.S. While Russia's large
strategic nuclear weapons have remained in parity
with the those of the U.S., Russia's tactical nuclear
arsenal has been estimated to include 20,000 to
40,000 weapons.
At the same time Russia has continued its nuclear
buildup, the U.S. has virtually destroyed its arsenal of
tactical nuclear warheads. Under orders from the
Bush administration, the U.S. also has been moving
to further reduce the U.S. strategic arsenal.
Currently, the nation's most modern fleet of ICBM,
the MX missiles, is being destroyed.
The Russian military exercises show a desire by the
Russian military to deal with the huge technological
lead U.S. conventional forces have, demonstrated by
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
According to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the Russian
exercises "will be linked with destroying the U.S.
satellite group in order to neutralize the NAVSTAR
global navigation system, the Keyhole optoelectronic
intelligence satellites, and the Lacross radio-locating
intelligence satellites."
The paper said about these maneuvers: "Under
actual conditions of a war this would 'blind' the
Pentagon and does not let the U.S. use high-precision
weapons against Russian military groups."
So far, the exercises are to include Four Tu-160 and
nine Tu-95MS strategic bombers, 12 Tu-22M3
long-range bombers, and four Il-78 flying tankers will
be involved in the maneuvers on May 17-18.
The maneuvers are of a "global scale," the paper
said.
Major-General Igor Khvorov, commander of the 37th
air army of the High Commander-in-Chief, said that
the official objective of the exercise is to polish
cooperation between long-range aviation, the navy
and other branches of the army in the western,
eastern, northern and southern regions of the Russian
Federation, and over the world's oceans. This
emphasizes the global scale of the impending
maneuvers.
Submarines of the Northern and Pacific fleets will
launch ballistic missiles. Nuclear strategic and
multi-purpose submarines, surface warships of
different types, coastal missile and anti-aircraft units,
and the missile-carrying, pursuit and anti-submarine
aviation will be involved in the exercise.
The paper also noted that Russian warships sent to
the Arabian Sea to take part in an exercise with the
Indian navy will support strategic units. They will find
and destroy U.S. Los Angeles-class submarines and
deliver missile strikes at enemy warships.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/5/16/102442.shtml
U.S. and Britain during military exercises over the
next week.
Moscow's Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports that Russia's
strategic bombers and nuclear submarines "will
deliver hypothetical nuclear strikes on the U.S. and
Britain, while locating and destroying aircraft-carrier
groups of the U.S. Navy."
The massive air, sea and land maneuvers are being
conducted in the wake of America's stunning victory
over Iraq, a longtime client state of Russia.
If the mock strikes were real, they would kill 125
million Americans in the first three days of such an
attack, with tens of millions more casualties in the
weeks after.
The paper said the exercises are taking place
because "Russian military leaders have learned a
lesson from the Iraq war, and intend to show the U.S.
and its allies their determination to repel any potential
threat coming from the West."
The Russian military, in plans drawn up at the request
of President Vladimir Putin, argues that the only way
Russia can deal with an escalating regional conflict
with the U.S. would be to employ nuclear weapons.
Though Russia's military has been considerably
downsized since the end of the Cold War and its
conventional forces hold little weight against a
modern equipped army, Russia has continued to
invest heavily in strategic and tactical nuclear
weapons.
Sometime during the '90s, Russia attained nuclear
superiority over the U.S. While Russia's large
strategic nuclear weapons have remained in parity
with the those of the U.S., Russia's tactical nuclear
arsenal has been estimated to include 20,000 to
40,000 weapons.
At the same time Russia has continued its nuclear
buildup, the U.S. has virtually destroyed its arsenal of
tactical nuclear warheads. Under orders from the
Bush administration, the U.S. also has been moving
to further reduce the U.S. strategic arsenal.
Currently, the nation's most modern fleet of ICBM,
the MX missiles, is being destroyed.
The Russian military exercises show a desire by the
Russian military to deal with the huge technological
lead U.S. conventional forces have, demonstrated by
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
According to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the Russian
exercises "will be linked with destroying the U.S.
satellite group in order to neutralize the NAVSTAR
global navigation system, the Keyhole optoelectronic
intelligence satellites, and the Lacross radio-locating
intelligence satellites."
The paper said about these maneuvers: "Under
actual conditions of a war this would 'blind' the
Pentagon and does not let the U.S. use high-precision
weapons against Russian military groups."
So far, the exercises are to include Four Tu-160 and
nine Tu-95MS strategic bombers, 12 Tu-22M3
long-range bombers, and four Il-78 flying tankers will
be involved in the maneuvers on May 17-18.
The maneuvers are of a "global scale," the paper
said.
Major-General Igor Khvorov, commander of the 37th
air army of the High Commander-in-Chief, said that
the official objective of the exercise is to polish
cooperation between long-range aviation, the navy
and other branches of the army in the western,
eastern, northern and southern regions of the Russian
Federation, and over the world's oceans. This
emphasizes the global scale of the impending
maneuvers.
Submarines of the Northern and Pacific fleets will
launch ballistic missiles. Nuclear strategic and
multi-purpose submarines, surface warships of
different types, coastal missile and anti-aircraft units,
and the missile-carrying, pursuit and anti-submarine
aviation will be involved in the exercise.
The paper also noted that Russian warships sent to
the Arabian Sea to take part in an exercise with the
Indian navy will support strategic units. They will find
and destroy U.S. Los Angeles-class submarines and
deliver missile strikes at enemy warships.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/5/16/102442.shtml
