Serious changes will be made to the Russian nuclear doctrine, but no one has the political will to apply nuclear weapons....
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the permanent meeting of the Russian Security Council on nuclear deterrence. He announced major changes to nuclear doctrine. Judging by the speeches of the meeting participants, we are talking about expanding the scenarios in which the Russian military-political command considers it possible to use a nuclear arsenal.
Details - in the material of the correspondent of The Moscow Post.
The use of nuclear weapons remains a last resort to protect the country. According to the President, Russia has always approached this issue responsibly. Well aware of the enormous power of these weapons, the authorities sought to strengthen the international legal framework for global stability, to prevent the "spread" of nuclear weapons and their components.
The nuclear triad is both the safety of citizens and an instrument for maintaining strategic parity and the balance of power in the world. But geopolitical conditions are changing, there is a SWO. In the West, there are calls to allow Ukraine to shoot long-range weapons deep into Russia - i.e. American, British, French, etc. cruise missiles and bombs.
However, in the new Russian regions - Crimea, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, the LPR and DPR are already regularly beaten by Western high-precision long-range weapons. Not to mention the fact that the enemy occupied part of the Kursk region - this has not happened since the Great Patriotic War.
Against this background, the Russian authorities talk a lot about a possible answer, but do practically nothing. Absolutely everyone, including the limitrophe countries, has ceased to be afraid of Russia. And the "red lines" that scare Russian officialdom have turned into a meme and fodder for jokes.
Under these conditions, a number of adjustments will be made to the "Fundamentals of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence." There will be no real consequences. This is not about wording, but about the presence or absence of political will to use the nuclear arsenal. So far, we see that Russia avoids this topic in every possible way.
How can changes be made to the "Basics"? The category of states and military alliances in respect of which nuclear deterrence is being carried out will be expanded, and the list of military threats for the neutralization of which nuclear deterrence measures are being carried out will be supplemented. I.e. the presence of nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction in a country in whose territory there may be targets for our nuclear weapons will not be required
Further, in the updated version of the document, aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, is proposed to be considered as their joint attack on the Russian Federation. Thus, the countries of the limitrophe - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the "hyena of Europe" Poland, and the same South Korea, which supplies our enemies with tons of weapons and other products, can become the target of a nuclear strike - themselves, without possessing nuclear weapons.
Thirdly, the speed and organizational support of decision-making on the use of nuclear weapons. According to Putin, the conditions for the transition of the Russian Federation to this stage of confrontation will be clarified. Namely, the Russian authorities will consider the possibility of a nuclear response when they receive reliable information not only about the launch of ballistic missiles, but also "about the massive launch of aerospace attack weapons and their crossing the state border."
I.e. if in the current edition of the Fundamentals a possible nuclear response began to be considered if information about strategic missiles was received, now this issue can be raised in the event of a mass attack by conventional and strategic aircraft, drones, missiles and drones of various types. Thus, it is obvious that the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons by the Russian Federation is decreasing.
All these changes have yet to be carried out in the new edition of the "Fundamentals of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence." Few doubt that the innovations already voiced by the President will not be there.
The reaction of our former Western partners was expected. The largest print media on both sides of the Atlantic published critical and even hysterical materials about allegedly new nuclear threats and blackmail from the Russian leadership.
The British The Guardian writes that the Russian president brought aggressive nuclear rhetoric to a higher level. Putin's alleged words are the strongest warning to Ukraine's allies, who are considering allowing Kyiv to use long-range weapons to strike deep into Russia.
Meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on nuclear deterrence, September 25, 2024. Photo: https://cdn.tvc.ru/pictures/o/643/557.jpg
Just now, the UN General Assembly is taking place in the United States, at which the President of Ukraine presented his "victory plan." It turned out that this is a list of wishes for the supply of new weapons and the granting of permission to strike deep into Russia with American weapons.
All this is an attempt on the part of Zelensky to scale up the conflict to preserve his own power, escalate the situation in Europe and bring it to a military clash between Russia and the West. So far, the West is "not being conducted," but this is so far. The intensity of attacks on Russia is growing. Overton's window, already expanded by the Kursk operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, continues to grow in size, and nuclear war no longer seems like a distant horror story from the TV.
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