A confidential Russian military document has been revealed showing that Russia has been training for war scenarios using tactical nuclear weapons from the beginning in the event of an armed conflict with a foreign power. This is inevitably sensitive content for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which has recently been at odds with Russia. The document also states that nuclear weapons will be used even when confronting China, a pro-Russian country.
The British daily Financial Times (FT) announced on the 28th of last month, “We recently obtained 29 confidential documents written for Russian military training between 2008 and 2014 from an anonymous reporter.” The document, which deals with ‘war game scenarios’, explains situations in which Russia could use tactical nuclear weapons. It is said that tactical nuclear weapons can be used when a foreign country attacks Russia, when Russia is restrained from escalating a military conflict, or when there is a possibility of losing a battle or losing territory.
Another naval training document also describes a tactical nuclear attack situation. These include: △Enemy forces entering Russian territory, △Defeat of border guard units, and △An enemy attack using conventional weapons is imminent. Specifically, the destruction of more than 20% of the Russian strategic nuclear submarine (SSBN) force, more than 30% of the nuclear-powered submarines (SSN), three or more cruisers, and three or more air force bases are also considered a potential tactical nuclear situation. there is.
“This is the first time I have seen such a document reported in the public domain,” Aleksandr Gabuyev, director of the Carnegie Russian-Eurasian Center in Germany, told the FT. “The threshold for the possibility of using nuclear weapons if Russia cannot achieve the desired results through traditional means is very high.” “It shows that it is low,” he analyzed.
What is unusual is that China can also be a potential enemy. According to one of the released documents, the Russian Army’s Eastern Military District, which is in charge of East Asia, has been rehearsing the use of tactical nuclear weapons in the event of a Chinese invasion.
First of all, China’s position is that it will not recognize the confidential document itself. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied the facts regarding this disclosure, saying, “The two countries have legally established eternal friendship.” The Russian side also immediately denied the claim, saying, “The authenticity of the document is questionable.”
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Source: Donga
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