posted on May, 6 2024 @ 01:37 PM
Non-strategic nuclear weapons (NSNW) or tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) are designed to destroy large concentrations of enemy manpower and military
equipment at the front and in the tactical rear. TNW can exist in the form of aerial bombs, warheads of missiles of operational-tactical and tactical
classes, artillery shells, mines, torpedoes, etc. Unlike strategic nuclear weapons (SNW), the TNT equivalent of TNW often does not exceed several
kilotons, although in general most types of modern nuclear weapons have varying yields. A strike with a tactical nuclear weapon produces a smaller
shock wave and less radioactive contamination compared to strategic nuclear weapons.
Pravda.Ru adds that “in all modern armies of nuclear powers, tactical nuclear weapons are called upon to:
▪️ break through the enemy’s defense line (standard - up to three charges);
▪️ destroy headquarters, warehouses of equipment and weapons, transport hubs;
▪️ hit the enemy’s naval group;
▪️ become “an instrument for solving the military problem of positional impasse.”
Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration - Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov explained that the announced
exercises on the use of non-strategic nuclear forces were provoked by recent words of French President Emmanuel Macron, British Foreign Minister David
Cameron and Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives Hakeem Sekou Jeffries: “Actually , this is stated exhaustively in the statement of
the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. There is nothing to add. If you ask me what statements of Western representatives we are talking
about, it is obvious that we are talking about the statement of Mr. Macron and the statement of the British representatives. a representative of the
US Senate (not the Senate, but the House of Representatives - Note), if I’m not mistaken, was also added, who spoke of readiness and even intention
to send armed contingents to Ukraine, that is, in fact, to expose NATO soldiers to the Russian military. This is a completely new round. escalation of
tensions. He is unprecedented. And, of course, it requires special attention and special measures."
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: “In connection with the upcoming Russian military exercises to develop
skills in the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons, we note that this event should be considered in the context of recent bellicose statements by
Western officials and sharply destabilizing actions taken by a number of NATO countries aimed at escalating force pressure on the Russian Federation
and the creation of additional threats to the security of our country in connection with the conflict in and around Ukraine. We are talking primarily
about openly declared support and direct assistance to terrorist actions against Russia carried out by the Kyiv regime using increasingly advanced
weapons transferred from the West. Since the deliberately chosen target of such attacks is often civilian targets, this leads to numerous casualties
among the civilian population. However, this does not bother the sponsors of the clique entrenched in Kyiv, who push it to commit new crimes. Thus,
British Foreign Minister D. Cameron and representatives of some other NATO capitals directly state that Ukraine has the right to attack Russian
territory with weapons supplied to it. In addition to the British and French long-range missile systems, which have long been spotted in Ukraine,
against this background we especially highlight those versions of the American missiles of the ATACMS family, which have recently been supplied to
Kyiv and are also capable of hitting targets deep in Russian territory. At the same time, in an effort to increase multifaceted missile threats to our
country, the United States has openly and clearly taken the path of deploying ground-based systems with intermediate- and shorter-range missiles
(INF), which were previously prohibited under the INF Treaty, in various regions of the world. By torpedoing Russian initiatives to maintain the
viability of this agreement, which involved eliminating counter-concerns on the basis of mutual verification measures, Washington deliberately
destroyed this Treaty, which for many years served as one of the pillars of international security and strategic stability. After this, the United
States immediately intensified the development and testing of missile systems of this class, and also began to form specialized military units with
regional reference and study the issue of creating the necessary infrastructure. Now the United States has begun to import the corresponding missile
systems to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, allegedly for the duration of exercises with allies, which indicates that the production and
“testing” of these weapons is in full swing. We expressly declare that whenever and wherever American-made ground-based INF missiles appear, we
reserve the right to respond in a mirror manner, which will mean the termination of the unilateral Russian moratorium on the deployment of these
weapons systems. In response to US actions."