The Russian Foreign Ministry told Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Belarusian counterpart on Saturday that Moscow will supply Minsk with missile systems capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, St. During a meeting with Putin in St. Petersburg, he expressed his concern at the “aggressive”, “confrontational” and “disgusting” policies of his neighbors Lithuania and Poland.
He asked Putin to help Belarus provide a “symmetrical response” to what he says the US-led NATO alliance has had nuclear-armed flights near Belarusian borders.
Putin said that there is no need for a symmetrical response at the moment, but that Russian-made Su-25 jets from Belarus can be upgraded at Russian factories if necessary.
“We will hand over to Belarus the Iskander-M tactical missile systems, which can use both ballistic and cruise missiles in both conventional and nuclear versions,” said the summary of the meeting held by the foreign ministry.
The mobile guided missile system Iskander-M, codenamed “SS-26 Stone” by NATO, replaced the Soviet “Scud”. Its two guided missiles have a range of up to 500 km (300 miles) and can carry conventional or nuclear warheads.
source: Noticias
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