The Russian president announced this weekend that Moscow would build storage facilities for tactical nuclear weapons

in news •  2 years ago 

"The Russian president announced this weekend that Moscow would build storage facilities for tactical nuclear weapons—which are designed with a smaller yield and intended for battlefield rather than strategic use—in Belarus and train Belarusian pilots to deliver the warheads from their own Su-24 aircraft."
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-nukes-belarus-why-putin-escalating-again-ukraine-nato-1790610

"Russia has ratcheted up tensions with the West amid its ongoing war against Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin saying Moscow will deploy "tactical nuclear weapons" in Belarus. The Russian leader said 10 fighter jets capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons — generally a reference to smaller weapons used for limited battlefield attacks, rather than larger, long-range "strategic" nuclear weapons — were already deployed in Belarus. Putin said Russia would also position nuclear-armed Iskander hypersonic missiles, with a range of around 300 miles, in Belarus."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-news-russia-putin-tactical-nuclear-weapons-belarus-bakhmut-battle-lastest/

Ukraine war live updates: Russia stirs outrage with plan for tactical nukes in Belarus; Ukrainian town now ‘post-apocalyptic’
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/27/ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html

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