"We don't want to go to war with anyone!" What signals does strategic weapons carry without being used?

10:35, 25 May

Strategic aviation, ground-based launchers, and submarine missile carriers. For the first time, the entire nuclear triad of the Union State was fully deployed on the territory of two countries. In Belarus, the military received and discreetly transported supplies in preparation for use on Iskanders. Everything was as it would be in a real combat situation, except for one thing: the strike was a simulation.

The Iskander–M complex. High-precision and hypersonic. It hits precisely at specific targets, not areas. And almost elusive to intercept. I have shown effectiveness more than once during my research. Mobile and with a claimed range of up to half a thousand kilometers. That is, when moving to the borders, in theory, it can reach all the capitals of our neighboring countries. Since 2022, such samples have been in service with the Belarusian army.

The nuclear rearmament in Belarus took place after a long pause of almost 30 years. Back in the days of the USSR, a third of all Soviet medium- and short-range missiles were stationed on our territory. However, after the collapse, there were several reasons for the withdrawal of these weapons. The economic turmoil, with food shortages, made it difficult to maintain the arsenal, which required expensive servicing. Additionally, Moscow was concerned about the potential for the scattered weapons to spiral out of control, and the West actively encouraged this decision. As a result, the country voluntarily signed the Lisbon Protocol. The last Topoli were solemnly escorted in 1996 to the tune of "Farewell to Slavonia."

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